If I Should Die In Your Arms... Poem by Merlin Mwaura

If I should die in your arms,
ask me what I LOVED most about life,
ask me if I ever cried,
ask me if I feel pain,
ask me if I know what is coming,
ask me If I want to live again...

If I should die in your arms,
let me say the things that are most important to me,
whether in delusion,
I should say, 'F*** Life'
don't mind me, try to live yours...
whether I speak of a dream,
and the world say 'heard that one before'
don't ask me to be original.
Just let me leave as me.

If I SHOULD die in your arms,
tell mummy I loved her,
I wanted a little daughter to call her grandma...
If I have a little daughter,
tell my little princess, daddy luvs you too.

If I should die in your arms,
an' you are my wife...' I am sorry darling, but i gotta be going soon'
Take care of my art piece,
I still wanted to draw you nude.

If I should die in your arms,
tell me the color of your eyes,
tell me if I should come back like a wind,
tell me if I lived,
but most of all...tell me if am a human being...
so I can start to live being immortal.

If I should die in your arms,
Play me Luther Vandros,
'Dance with my father'
I never did that with my father,
Though I never did tell him I love him.

If I should die in your arms,
Place a rose in my palm,
pour some wine on my lips,
'I toast to your life long dream'
It is your turn to live big.

If I should die in your arms,
spare your tears for someone who still lives,
it is they that will respond to your affection,
If I am but a dream.
For you should know by now...
I am no longer an imperfection,
so you won't really believe me
when I tell you the truth.

If I should die in your arms, tell her I loved her...
Say how much I liked to laugh, say I lived a full human life.