Scatter Me Kindly Poem by Salvatore Ala

Take me to the water's edge
and scatter my ashes there.
I'll be part of Lake Erie happily,
laughing in its waves.

Take me to the water's edge
and hold me above its light,
like my father held me as a child
and continues to in my memory.

The sun and water—one element
in the fabric of those first sensations.
Like being born out of eternity,
I was also drowned in eternity.

Scatter me kindly when I'm gone.
Drop me in Lake Erie's waves,
release me into that material light—
I'd rather be home than away.