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 still are.
Call
me by the old familiar name.
Speak of 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 that we enjoyed together.
Play,
smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let
my name be ever the household word
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 absolute and unbroken continuity.
What
is this death but a negligible accident?
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 is well.
-HENRY SCOTT HOLLAND-
IF TOMORROW STARTS WITHOUT
ME….
If Tomorrow starts without me
and I'm not there to see
If the sun should rise and find your eyes
All filled with tears for me
I wish so much you wouldn't
cry
The way you did today
While thinking of the many things
We didn't get to say
I know how much you love
me
As much as I love you
And each time that you think of me
I know you'll miss me too
But when tomorrow starts
without me
Please try to understand
That an Angel came and called my name
And took me by the hand
And said my place was ready
In heaven far above
And that I'd have to leave behind
All those I dearly love
But as I turned and walked
away
A tear fell from my eye
For all my life I'd always thought
I didn't want to die
I had so much to live for
So much yet to do
It seemed almost impossible
That I was leaving you
I thought of all the yesterdays
The good ones and the bad
I thought of all the love we shared
And all the fun we had
If I could relive yesterday
Just even for a while
I'd say goodbye and kiss you
and maybe see you smile
But then I fully realised
That this could never be
For emptiness and memories
would take the place of me
And when I thought of worldly
things
I might miss come tomorrow
I thought of you and when I did
My heart was filled with sorrow
But when I walked through
heavens gates
I felt so much at home
When God looked down and smiled at me
From his great golden throne
He said this is eternity
And all I've promised you
Today for life on, is past
But here it starts anew
I promise no tomorrow
But today will always last
And since each days the same way
There's no longing for the past
But you have been so faithful
So trusting and so true
Though there were times you did something
You knew you shouldn't do
But you have been forgiven
And now at last you're free
So won't you take my hand
And share my life with me
So when tomorrow starts
without me
Don't think we're far apart
For every time you think of me
I'm right there in your heart