Peace, my heart

Peace, my heart,

let the time for the parting be sweet.

Let it not be a death

but completeness.

Let love melt into memory

and pain into songs.

Let the flight through the sky end

in the folding of the wings over the nest.

Let the last touch of your hands be gentle

like the flower of the night.

Stand still, O Beautiful End,

for a moment,

and say your last words in silence.

I bow to you

and hold up my lamp

to light you on your way.