TOGETHERNESS
Death is nothing at all. I have only
slipped away into the next room,
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. Laugh as we
always laughed at the little jokes we
enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be the household word
that it always was. Let it be spoken
without effort. 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 your mind
because I am out of your sight?
I am but waiting for you, for an interval,
somewhere very near just around the
corner. All is well. Nothing is past;
nothing is lost.
One brief moment and all will be as it
was before - only better, infinitely
happier and forever we will all be one
together with Christ.