To Those I Love
By 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 love you so -
'twas heaven here with you!
By "Isla Paschal Richardson"