IMMORTELLE

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’s glint on snow

I am the sunlight on the 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, I did not die