Two of my favorite poems Both were read at my mother and brothers funeral.
A Million times i've needed you,
A million times i've cried,
If love alone could have saved you,
you never would have died.
in life i loved you dearly,
in death i love you still,
in my heart you hold a place,
no one else can ever fill.
It broke my heart to lose you,
but you did not go alone,
for apart of me went with you,
the day god took you home.
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Do not stand at my grave and forever 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 stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and forever cry.
I am not there.
I did not die
I know they are old poems but I don't know, it's like they never fade.
