To Know Good Will
by Lee Hays
If I should die one day by violence
Please take this as my written will
And in the name of simple common sense
Treat my destroyer only as one ill
As one who needed more than I could give
As one who never really learned to live
In peace and joy and love of life
But was diseased and plagued by hate and strife
My vanished life might have some meaning still
When my destroyer learns to know good will
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I also wish the instructions in these lines to be followed if ever I was to die or be hurt by a violent action. It is unlikely to happen that I would die this way, but if the unlikely were to pass, I would not wish to see any violence done in return by anyone, anywhere, at any time, in any manner.
Susan Oehler
December 2017
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