I'm Not Here

Don't stand by my grave and weep
For I'm not there, I do not sleep
I am a thousand winds that blow
I am the diamonds glint on the snow
I am the sunlight on ripened grain
I am the gentle autumn's rain.

When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circle flight
I am the soft stars that shine at night
Do not stand by my grave and cry
I am not there, I did not die.

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It is a deep mystery,
This matter of life and death...
That the same person
Who brought us a thousand joys,
Can one day leave us shedding a thousand tears...
So suddenly, sometimes
That we grope blindly for words left unspoken,
And for the hug we needed to give,
to say good-bye.
And we wonder,
How can this thread that holds us all to life
Can be so thin and fragile...
Until one day, we find the courage to accept
That the living aren't meant to understand death,
Only to celebrate life,
And to remember that the only real death
is forgetting.

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Today

Dear Lord I need Your help today,
I walk along a rocky way,
And this would be a barren land,
Without Your Love, Your helping hand
Whatever yesterday has cost,
It is Today that matters most.
The truth remaining in it all,
Is that we stand with Thee, or fall.

I need the strength that You can give,
Each single moment that I live,
Stay by my side for I can see,
That I am nothing without Thee.
Though Yesterday is gone and I
May never see tomorrow,
And at its longest, life is short
And holds its share of sorrow.
What blessed joy each time I find
That every new Today.....is mine.