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.

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