When I closed my eyes into that eternal sleep,
I ask each of you who cares for me, try not for long to weep:
That shell inside the pretty box they covered with dirt,
contains the old me, the one that could
feel sorrow and hurt:
I’m now released; I’ve been set free;
Instead of being sad rejoice for me:



I feel no more pain, no worry, sadness or hurt;
I was released from all that long before they put that
shell that once held me in the dirt:
I want all my children to know, I love you
all in a different way;



maybe, sometimes I forgot to say;
but I hope you knew I loved you all, anyway:
If you start to feel sad;
here’s a secret just in case;
remember I’m always with you, for
nine months we shared the same space:



I leave you with this as I go,
I have the same amount
of love for each of you,
“I just wanted you to know”

♥
 © Joyce Ashton Douglas