I am the stone

My spirits in the stone you hold
Warm it for a while, before I’m
cast in to the coolness of the lake
say your goodbyes
your peace with me
as I return to earth

As you let go into the stillness
remember the first ripples that you see
they belong to you, my love
the closet that is to me
for you I’ve loved and
have been loved in return

You are the one I fear for most
your pain will be felt most
the ripples continue outwards
belonging to family
beyond the eddies the circles wide
are for my life long friends

The water runs deep
I sink slowly to rest
along the sands below
beneath the cool
the ripples will subside
as must your pain

When all you see is the sunset
and no more sight of ‘me’
I will return to those I’ve loved
I still have breath to breathe

Copyright JMTacken 13.1.2015

and when I’m gone

the moment that my
beating heart
stopped
in my solitude of
self
no recognition made of
others
that wept or held my
hand
there was calm

my vision that was
blinded
grew much darker than
before
yet I felt no fear I
yielded
to the silence
overwhelming

opening my eyes with eye lids
closed
I saw the light
appear
a light that shone so brightly
beckoning to come
there

I felt the warm air touch my
skin
once more I breathed the air
I knew that life had yet not
ceased
perhaps another
life to
live

There was no need to struggle
or maintain the hardship of my
fight
thoughts that swelled
inside of me were of an after
life

I drifted and released
myself from the grounded earth
and let my soul float upwards to the
light of my
re-birth

~~~

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