When I am Gone
BY SHEL SILVERSTEIN
When I am gone what will you do?
Who will write and draw for you?
Someone smarter—someone new?
Someone better—maybe YOU!
Shel Silverstein, “When I Am Gone” from Every Thing on It. Copyright © 2011 by Shel Silverstein. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
Source: Every Thing on It (HarperCollins Publishers, 2011)