I AM NOT
Do not stand by my grave and weep.
I am not there. I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am a diamond glint on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awake in the morning, hush.
I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft starshine at night.

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

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