For Jess

I Am Always With You


When I am gone, release me, let me go.

I have so many things to see and do,
You mustn't tie yourself to me with too many tears,

But be thankful we had so many good years.

I gave you my love, and you can only guess
How much you've given me in happiness.

I thank you for the love that you have shown,
But now it is time I traveled on alone.

So grieve for me a while, if grieve you must
Then let your grief be comforted by trust
That it is only for a while that we must part,
So treasure the memories within your heart.

I won't be far away for life goes on.

And if you need me, call and I will come.

Though you can't see or touch me, I will be near
And if you listen with your heart, you'll hear
All my love around you soft and clear

And then, when you come this way alone,
I'll greet you with a smile and a "Welcome Home".




Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep by Mary Elizabeth Frye


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 rain.

When you wake in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft starlight at night.

Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
(Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there, I did not die!)


I wish I could say I have never lost a friend. I wish I could say that of the people I have lost that they were old and happy. Unfortunately that hasn't been the case in my life. I lost my first friend when I was only 13 and when I did another friend gave me a poem to help while I was grieving. I have found trying to remember the good times and thinking of what they have fulfilled while they were with us helps me... although it usually is harder in the beginning.

I found these poems help me think positively this way and hope that although our friend may been gone, I hope he is happier than when he were here.