Poems & Selections

Weep Not For Me

Weep not for me though I have gone into that gentle night grieve if you will, but not for long upon my soul’s sweet fight.
I am at peace, my soul’s at rest there is no need for tears for with your love I was so blessed for all those many years.
There is no pain, I suffer not the fear is now all gone
Put now these things out of your thoughts in your memory I live on.
Remember not my fight for breath remember not the strife please do not dwell upon my death but celebrate my life.

Fill not your hearts with pain and sorrow, but remember me in every tomorrow.Remember the sky, the laughter, the smiles, I’ve only gone to rest a while. Although my leaving causes pain and grief, my going has eased my hurt and given me relief!So dry your eyes and remember me. Not as I am now, […]
I have only slipped away into the next room. I am I, and you are you. Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me by my old familiar name, Speak to me in the easy way you always used. Put no difference into your tone Wear no forced air of solemnity […]
By Elizabeth Barrett Browning Beloved, my Beloved, when I think That thou wast in the world a year ago, What time I sat alone here in the snow And saw no footprint, heard the silence sink No moment at thy voice, but, link by link, Went counting all my chains as if that so They […]
May your neighbors respect you, Trouble neglect you, The angels protect you, And heaven accept you.