IF I SHOULD EVER LEAVE YOU

If I should ever leave you whom I love

To go along the Silent Way, grieve not,

Nor speak of me with tears but laugh and talk

Of me as if I were beside you there.

(I'd come -- I'd come, could I but find a way!

But would not tears and grief be barriers?)

And when you hear a song or see a bird

I loved, please do not let the thought of me

Be sad... For I am loving you just as

I always have...

You were so good to me!

There are so many things I wanted still

To do -- so many things to say to you...

Remember that I did not fear... It was

Just leaving you that was so hard to face...

We cannot see Beyond... But this I know:

I loved you so -- 'twas heaven here with you!

God saw that you were getting tired,

And a cure was not to be,

So he put His arms around you

And whispered, "Come to Me."

With tears we saw you sinking

And watched you fade away.

And though we loved you dearly,

We could not make you stay.

But when we saw you sleeping

So peaceful and free from pain,

We could not wish you back

To suffer that again.

A golden heart stopped beating,

Hardworking hands at rest.

It broke our hearts but proved to us

God only takes the best.

Do not stand at my grave and weep.

I am not there;

I do not sleep.

I am the 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 awaken in the morning's hush,

I am the swift upflinging

of quiet birds in circling flight;

I am the star that shines at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry.

I am not there;

I did not die.

Submitted by Dorothy McIntosh (author unknown)

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