Please, don't leave ever
I'd cry if you did
Even if I was gone too
And knew you had left
I would cry

Please, don't leave soon
There's so many more things to do
I can't do them without you

Please, don't leave now
You have so many more poems to write
Things to teach
Things to learn
You have so many more egg rolls to buy

Please, if you have to leave
Don't forget about me
Thank you for the book you gave me years ago
It's still on my bedstand
I see it every day and
I still haven't read it
But I reread your note

Please, if you have to leave
Continue being you
Continue writing poems
Continue reading books
And I will continue alone