Pet Loss Pet Memorial Poem
'I Am Not There'
This is another of my favourite poems for pet loss.
Written for human loss, it equally describes the feeling of pet owners on losing a beloved pet.
Like many pet sympathy poems, the Author is unclear but this particular pet memorial poem has been attributed to both Mary Frye and Joyce Fossen.
I Am Not There
Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn's rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there, I did not die.
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