On your last evening, may you not know it is your last evening. May you and your beloved go to a concert to hear young musicians playing music new to you, or to a film or play by a young director and actors new to you. On the next day, may you not know it is your last day. After a light lunch with your beloved, may you sit together and listen to century-old music you have loved all your life, or watch a century-old film you have loved all your life. May you be happy as you doze off. May your beloved know this when they notice you are gone. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 5 May 2026)

Your last evening and your last day