teriw Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 A good friend of mine sent me this yesterday -- she is planning a memorial service for a friend of hers, and this is a poem they are reading. I liked it and thought I'd share it here. Gone? I am standing on the seashore, A ship sails in the morning breeze and starts for the ocean. She is an object of beauty and I stand watching her Till at last she fades on the horizon and someone at my side says: "She is gone." Gone! Where? Gone from my sight - that is all. She is just as large in the masts, hull and spars as she was when I saw her And just as able to bear her load of living freight to its destination. The diminished size and total loss of sight is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says, "She is gone", There are others who are watching her coming, and other voices take up a glad shout: "There she comes" - and that is dying. A horizon and just the limit of our sight. Lift us up, Oh Lord, that we may see further. Bishop Brent 1862 - 1926 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet B Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Thank you,Thank you Teri - that is so beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyW Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Thanks Teri! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shineladysue Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Beautiful , Teri. There's a lot of comfort in those words. Hugs, Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 That is so beautiful, Teri. Just the thing I needed to read this morning. Thanks so much for sharing with us!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilyjohn Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I saw this a few years ago. It was just one of those small things that kept me going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needhope Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 What a beautiful poem! I had a rough night last night but this has lifted my spirit. Thanks, Rochelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsGirl Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Oh God, how I want to believe this. Thank you so much for sharing, you lifted me up today... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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