Poem

A short verse, original by "anonymous", slightly tweaked by me, that I shall use today at a funeral :-

I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one,

I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done.

I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways

of happy times and laughing times, and bright and sunny days.

I’d like the tears of those who grieve to dry before the rain,

for though sometimes the skies grow dark, the sun will shine again.