Be
Still As Bright
We
are nothing born of nothing
and
to nothing we return
and
our embers cool to ashes
in
the hearth where love burned
while
the river flows as mighty
and
the moon be still as bright
stoop
and tie your laces tightly
share
the road with me tonight
walk
the road with me a while
share
a sigh with me and smile
we
are dust motes on a sunbeam
atoms
scattered in the soil
we
are no one born with nothing
and
to nothing we return
lighting
lamps against the darkness
as
we burn
and
we smoulder in the ashes
where
our love once brightly burned
in
the dust we lay our bodies
and
to nothing we return
We
are made of dust and ashes
we
are made of love and light
we
are candles in the shadows
walk
a mile with me tonight
and
then lay down here beside me
come
and lay with me tonight
on
the leaf mould in the churchyard
while
the moon be still as bright
where
the words carved on the headstone
will
protect us from the rain
till
the raindrops and the lichens
wear
away the mortal name
we
are nothing born of nothing
and
to nothing we return
won't
you walk with me
together
we'll return
Denis
Matthews 1939 - 2011
Loved
his family
Served his country
Warrior
Author: Stuart Williams
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