Do not stand

By my grave, and weep.

I am not there,

I do not sleep—

I am the thousand

winds that blow

I am the diamond

glints in snow

I am the sunlight on

ripened grain,

I am the gentle,

autumn rain.

As you awake with

morning’s hush,

I am the swift,

up-flinging rush

Of quiet birds in

circling flight,

I am the day

transcending night.

Do not stand

By my grave, and cry—

I am not there,

I did not die.

– Clare Harner

 

Eternity: Oman frankincense, white sandalwood, palo santo, white copal, cypress leaf, angelica root, helichrysum, and Bulgarian rose absolute.

Art by Drew Rausch!