a poem to mark the day

one thought to keep

i give you this one thought to keep-

i am with you still - i do not sleep.

i am in a thousand winds that blow,

i am the diamond glints on the snow,

i am the sunlight on ripened grain,

i am the gentle autumn rain.

when you waken in the morning's hush,

i am the swift, uplifting rush

of the quiet birds circling flight.

i am the soft stars that shine at night.

do not think of me gone -

i am still with you - in each new dawn.

~unknown~