There are many amongst us who have lost a loved one, and grieve for that person. My classmate, one who like glue that bound us together, has just passed away, so also a beloved class teacher and also mother of another classmate and friend of mine, and while we grieve for them, here are a few lines, written by someone who understands our grief, that I hope will bring some comfort to each of us.:

                                      She is only going on a little ahead

                                      To fashion a home for you,

                                      There will be curtains blowing,

                                      And books, as there used to be;

                                      Pictures, a desk, and tables fair

                                      Where friends shall love to come...

                                      She is only going on as a mother would

                                      To find a new home for you.

                                      She is only going on as others have

                                      Who vanished from our sight,

                                      Others whose lives with ours were wed

                                      Till that mysterious flight.

                                      None should declare her death to you,

                                      Your loneliness deplore—

                                      Oh it is like her to go ahead

                                      To open a new door.

                                      She is only going on a little ahead

                                      To find you the loveliest place;

                                      There will be golden roses there

                                      Abloom in an azure place;

                                      Poppies, pansies, and daffodils

                                      And moss you will love to tread—

                                      ‘Oh,’ you’ll cry, now its clear to me

                                       You’ve only gone on ahead.

                Wipe those tears my friends! She is only going there ahead. And as she walks over to that new place, she will not take with her the illness that was eating her up. She will go with no pain, no sickness. And as she goes, I know she will turn to all of us and say, “While I check out this new place for you, I know you can walk alone on earth. I’ve taught you that, now let me learn to walk over here!”

                 Wipe those tears, it’s only for a while you’ll walk alone. Soon you’ll hear her cry, “It’s time for you to come home to the place I have been living in.”

                 Then that day, you and I will look at our own friends and loved ones we are leaving behind and we will whisper the same words:                     

                                      I’m only going on a little ahead

                                      To find you the loveliest place;

                                      There will be golden roses there

                                      Abloom in an azure place;

                                      Poppies, pansies, and daffodils

                                      And moss you will love to tread..!

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