All Saints Day

Don't stay at my
grave and weep.
I am not there. I do
not sleep.
I am a thousand
winds that blow.
I am the diamond
glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on
ripened grain.
I am the gentle
autumn rain.
When you awake in the
morning's hush
I am the swift
uplifting rush
of quiet birds in
circled flight.
I am the soft stars
that shine at night.

Do not stand at my
grave and cry.
I am not there;
did not die.

To those who've lost someone they loved.
Don't weep... just think of them with a smile in your heart.

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