A Poem Titled, 'To Those I Love'
If I should ever leave you whom I love
To go along the Silent Way, grieve not,
Nor speak of me with tears, but laugh and talk
Of me as if I were beside you there.
(I'd come– I'd come, could I but find a way!
But would not tears and grief be barriers?)
And when you hear a song or see a bird
I loved, please do not let the thought of me
Be sad… for I am loving you just as
I always have… You were so good to me!
There are so many things I wanted still
To do– so many things to say to you…
Remember that I did not fear… It was
Just leaving you that was so hard to face…
We cannot see beyond… But this I know:
I loved you so– 'twas heaven here with you!
~ Isla Paschal Richardson
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If I should ever leave you whom I love
To go along the Silent Way, grieve not,
Nor speak of me with tears, but laugh and talk
Of me as if I were beside you there.
(I'd come– I'd come, could I but find a way!
But would not tears and grief be barriers?)
And when you hear a song or see a bird
I loved, please do not let the thought of me
Be sad… for I am loving you just as
I always have… You were so good to me!
There are so many things I wanted still
To do– so many things to say to you…
Remember that I did not fear… It was
Just leaving you that was so hard to face…
We cannot see beyond… But this I know:
I loved you so– 'twas heaven here with you!
~ Isla Paschal Richardson
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A Poem Titled, 'To Those I Love'
If I should ever leave you whom I love
To go along the Silent Way, grieve not,
Nor speak of me with tears, but laugh and talk
Of me as if I were beside you there.
(I'd come– I'd come, could I but find a way!
But would not tears and grief be barriers?)
And when you hear a song or see a bird
I loved, please do not let the thought of me
Be sad… for I am loving you just as
I always have… You were so good to me!
There are so many things I wanted still
To do– so many things to say to you…
Remember that I did not fear… It was
Just leaving you that was so hard to face…
We cannot see beyond… But this I know:
I loved you so– 'twas heaven here with you!
~ Isla Paschal Richardson
_______________________________________
If I should ever leave you whom I love
To go along the Silent Way, grieve not,
Nor speak of me with tears, but laugh and talk
Of me as if I were beside you there.
(I'd come– I'd come, could I but find a way!
But would not tears and grief be barriers?)
And when you hear a song or see a bird
I loved, please do not let the thought of me
Be sad… for I am loving you just as
I always have… You were so good to me!
There are so many things I wanted still
To do– so many things to say to you…
Remember that I did not fear… It was
Just leaving you that was so hard to face…
We cannot see beyond… But this I know:
I loved you so– 'twas heaven here with you!
~ Isla Paschal Richardson
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