Remember and Celebrate

I dreamt I died last night

I drove around a mud puddle

But failed to see a larger one into which

I sank, the car sank, the muddy mass closed

Over my head and I thought This is It

This is how I go out

I woke, calm.

Earlier that day I had driven around a big mud puddle

With no issue

I also told my son in no uncertain terms that

If I were to leave this earth tomorrow, I would die

Happy, having lived a full very rich life

And he shared that he and his wife exchanged those exact words recently.

Good I said.

Remember and celebrate.

--Joan Robins