Let no one weep for me
Nor shed tears of sorrow
Sorrow for a life well lived
Like trying to keep a hand full of sand
Slowly the grains drift away
Like the days so very short
In the tides of time's passing
When even a face fades away
When you weep for one lost
If their life was long, and loving
Then you sob for yourself alone
For like a child the world fails you
Instead celebrate their life
That if it was long, and loved
Then regret knows no place
And frets find no foothold there
I do not speak of youthful tragedy
The unfairness harshly begot
All that know its pain shall cry out
For caring breeds intense grief
Let no one weep for me
Instead speak of memories
Of lessons learned, and laughs
For life is brief and we go on