Two Poems for Paige

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I do not sleep

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 glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain;
I am the gentle autumn's rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft star that shines at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there; I did not die.

--Author unknown













                            

Her Journey's Just Begun

Dont' think of her
as gone away --
her journey's
just begun,
life holds
so many facets --
this earth
is only one.

Just think of her as resting
from the sorrows
and the tears
in a place of warmth and comfort
where there are
no days and no years.
Think how she must be wishing
that we could know today
how nothing but our sadness
can really pass away.

And think of her as living
in the hearts
of those she touched...
for nothing loved is ever lost --
and she was loved so much.

E. Brenneman


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