"I AM NOT THERE".
 
DON'T STAND BY 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 RIPENING GRAIN,
I AM THE AUTUMNS GENTLE RAIN.
WHEN YOU AWAKEN IN THE MORNINGS HUSH,
I AM THAT SWIFT UPLIFTING RUSH,
OF QUIET BIRDS IN CIRCLING 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.
A Dying Warrior's Prayer
Author Unknown

Sent to me by a friend 
who read it at her son-in-laws 
Elks Memorial Service 
and asked me to read it 
at my friend Norma's Elks Memorial Service
Graphics by TiggHeart
used with permission

Midi "Rain Dance2"
is used with permission
and is copyright © 2002 Geoff Anderson


 October 3, 2002
Bill Moore's Writing