Archive for the ‘God’ Category

Funeral Poem: Farewell (Emily Dickinson)

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Tie the strings to my life, my Lord, Then I am ready to go! Just a look at the horses -- Rapid! That will do! Put me in on the firmest side, So I shall never fall; For we must ride to the Judgment, And it's partly down hill. But never I mind the bridges, And never I mind ...

Funeral Poem: Death (Khalil Gibran)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Then Almitra spoke, saying, "We would ask now of Death." And he said: You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life? The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light. If you ...