I Shall Not Care by Sara Teasdale
When I am dead and over me bright April
Shakes out her rain-drenched hair,
Tho’ you should lean above me broken-hearted,
I shall not care.
I shall have peace, as leafy trees are peaceful
When rain bends down the bough,
And I shall be more silent and cold-hearted
Than you are now.
Apparently this poem is a suicide note from the author years before she committed. Both stanzas have different focuses, the first focusing on maybe a lover or someone missing her when she’s gone and her not caring. The second stanza is a jab at the lover or person who didn’t care for her when she was alive but did when she died.