I WILL BE THERE

And if I go, while you're still here,
Know that I still live on,
Vibrating to a different measure
Behind a thin veil you cannot see through.
You will not see me.
So you must have faith.
I wait the time when we can soar together again,
Both aware of each other. 
Until then, live your life to the fullest,
And when you need me, 
Just whisper my name in your heart.
I will be there.

Anonymous

MAY I GO NOW?

May I go now?
So you think the time is right?
May I say goodbye to pain-filled days
And endless lonely nights?
I've lived my life and done my best,
An example tried to be.
So I can take that step beyond
And set my spirit free?
I didn't want to go at first, 
I fought with all my might.
But something seems to draw me now
To a warm and loving light.
I want to go.
I really do.
It's difficult to stay.
But I will try as best I can
To live just one more day,
To give you time to care for me
And share your love and fears.
I know you're sad and afraid, 
Because I see your tears.
I'll not be far,
I promise that, and hope you'll always know
That my spirit will be close to you,
Wherever you may go.
Thank you so for loving me.
You know I love you too;
That's why it's hard to say goodbye
And end this life with you.
So hold me now, just one more time
And let me hear you say, 
Because you care so much for me,
You'll let me go today.

By Susan A. Jackson

ALL IS WELL

Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away into the next room. I am I and you are you. Whatever we were to each other that we are still. Call me by my old familiar name, speak to me in the easy way which you always used, put no difference into your tone; wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow on it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was; there is absolutely unbroken continuity. Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near just around the corner. All, all is well.