Do not cry for me
I have not gone far,
Only as far as my memory of you
And all of the love that you gave me.

Do not cry for me
As I enter a church for the last time,
As you whisper a few words of comfort
Into the ears of others.

For our hearts will beat together always
For death cannot part us
As life could not.

Goodbye, and thank-you
For all you have given me
For all of the smiles and all of the laughter,
The holding of hands
And the silences.

We will be together, forever,
Wherever we are.

Do not cry for me my darling,
For I have not gone far.

Terry Cuthbert