This is what my mother wants me to remember her by when she goes.
It hurts.
Comment on Do not stand at my grave and weep
fartsparkles@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I love the indentations and line breaks of the original when first published:
Do not stand
By my grave, and weep.
I am not there,
I do not sleep—
I am the thousand winds that blow
I am the diamond glints in snow
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle, autumn rain.
As you awake with morning’s hush,
I am the swift, up-flinging rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight,
I am the day transcending night.
Do not stand
By my grave, and cry—
I am not there,
I did not die.
— Clare Harner, The Gypsy, December 1934
This is what my mother wants me to remember her by when she goes.
It hurts.
I’m so so so sorry to hear that but I hope you can find some warmth in knowing ahead of time a poem that means a lot to her and that you can hold on to and always remember her by.
My heart goes out to you.
dditty@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Beautiful prose, thanks for sharing fartsparkles@lemmy.world
Kellenved@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
This is poetry not prose
dditty@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Ty, edited!