DO IT NOW!!
Don't Wait Until I Am Gone Treat me with love, dignity, respect and compassion Now as I am healthy, vibrant and alive. Don't wait to hear that I am sick and dying Bring me flowers and candy on any day just because. Don't wait for a holiday Don't wait to see that I am disfigured And then tell me that I am beautiful Because you think that is what I want to hear. Talk to me lovingly now so I can hear your voice And listen to the ringing of your laughter. Don't try to talk to me that way now That I am deaf and can no longer hear your voice. Speak words of love and compassion So I can remember those conversations Even though I may not be able to hear them again. Come one day and you will be sad, you will be sorry! Treat me like a human being with a life That needs to be lived my way...not yours! Remember that our Creator gave you your own life To live the way you please. Leave me to live mine!! I do not tell you what you should or should not do... I just listen and give