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Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. Tracklist with lyrics of the album DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP 2010 of A Cloud Forest: Intro - Black Clouds At Sunset - As the Sun Descends. Instead of missing her, she wants her loved one to look for signs of her, knowing that this will make the grieving process easier. GriefĪnother of the poem's themes is grief the narrator knows that the loved one she has left is grieving deeply for her, and in some ways is trying to change the nature of her grief. The poem is putting forward the suggestion that death is not the end, it is merely a changing of state and that there our other realms of our existence that the living can still connect with. Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there I do not sleep When you waken in the mornings hush I am the swift uplifting rush 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 rain Gentle birds in circling flight I am the soft star that shines at night Oh do. She is not going to be lying in a box under the ground, but rather, her soul will be part of the next life and also become a part of the natural world. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.Īlthough this poem is often considered to be a "death poem", in actuality it is more of a "life after death" poem the narrator, speaking to a loved one still living, is trying to explain the nature of death and what comes after. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.