rsvp

i won't be attending your

farewell party,

your black

garbed event,

where toasts are made,

eulogies

said, tears spent.

i won't 

stand there at your grave

and pretend

or vent.

i won't be in line,

in a car with lights,

the slow parade

celebrating,

or mourning, which is it,

your life.

i'll say my farewells from

here.

on the shore,

feet in the ocean,

basking and free

in warm light.