ENGRAVE THIS ON MY TOMBSTONE WHEN IM GONE..I AM NOT THEREDo not stand at my grave and 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 circled flight
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there.
I did not die.
- Robert Hepburn (In Memory of Norbert C. Gessner)