Poems I Like #1
DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP
I AM NOT THERE
I DO NOT SLEEP
I AM A THOUSAND WINDS THAT BLOW
I AM THE DIAMOND GLINTS ON SNOW
I AM THE SUNLIGHT ON RIPENED GRAIN
I AM THE GENTLE AUTUMN RAIN
WHEN YOU AWAKE IN THE MORNING'S HUSH
I AM THE SWIFT UPLIFTING RUSH
OF QUIET BIRDS IN CIRCLED FLIGHT
I AM THE SOFT STARS THAT SHINE AT NIGHT
DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND CRY
I AM NOT THERE
I DID NOT DIE
"Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep", by Mary Elizabeth Frye
WE ARE NOT NOW THAT STRENGTH
WHICH IN OLD DAYS MOVED EARTH AND HEAVEN
THAT WHICH WE ARE, WE ARE
ONE EQUAL TEMPER OF HEROIC HEARTS
MAKE WEAK BY TIME AND FATE
BUT STRONG IN WILL
TO STRIVE, TO SEEK, TO FIND
AND NOT TO YIELD
"Ulysses", by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT
OLD AGE SHOULD BURN AND RAVE AT CLOSE OF DAY
RAGE, RAGE AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT
"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night", by Dylan Marlais Thomas
TO MY HUSBAND
I'M SORRY I COULDN'T BE THERE TO HELP YOU SETUP OUR TREE
I HAD A RIDE TO CATCH
AND IT WAS JUST MY TIME TO GO
I KNOW IT ISN'T FAIR
NOT FOR YOU AND NOT FOR ME
BUT REMEMBER ALL THE LITTLE THINGS WE SHARED
ALL OF OUR MEMORIES AND DREAMS
YOU DIDN'T BURY THEM WHEN YOU BURIED ME
AND I TRUST YOU'RE KEEPING ALL OF THEM SAFE
FOR THAT DAY IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE OR PLANE
WHEN I'LL GET TO LAUGH WITH YOU AGAIN
LIVE YOUR LIFE FOR YOU
I ALREADY GOT TO LIVE MINE
AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE JOURNEY
MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE LUCKY
TO BE LOVED
THE WAY YOU STILL LOVE ME