Poems

Here are some poems that my family found particularly significant when my mother-in-law passed away. I'd like to share them in case they might help someone else cope a little better.



Michael Landon...
Do not weep for me, for I have lived...
I have joined my hand with my fellows' hands,
to leave the planet better than I found it.
Do not weep for me, for I have loved and been loved by
my family, by those I loved who loved me back.
For I never knew a stranger, only friends.

Do not weep for me.
When you feel the ocean spray upon your face,
I am there.
When your heart beats faster at the dolphin's leaping grace,
I am there.
When you reach out to touch another's heart,
as now I touch God's face,
I am there.
Do not weep for me. I am not gone.
 Author Unknown...

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 glint on snow.
    I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
    I am the gentle autumn's rain.

When you wake in the morning hush;
    I am the swift uplifting rush
    of quiet birds in cirlcing flight.
    I am the soft starlight at night.
    Do not stand at my grave and weep,
    I am not there, I do not sleep.


Author Unknown...

Burn what is left of me and scatter the ashes to the wind
to help the flowers grow.
    If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses,
    and all my prejudice against my fellow man.

    Give my soul to God.
    If by chance you wish to remember me,
    do it with a kind deed or word to someone who needs you.
If you do all I have asked, I will live forever.





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