merton's prayer

elaine wanted this to be read during her memorial mass...her brother kk, sent it to me. i recalled my own visits to the lawn cemetery at choa chu kang. the lessons learnt, the reflections gained, and of life that is found again-

Remember...


I will still be here
As long as you hold me
In your memory

I am the one star
That keeps burning so brightly
It is the last light to fade into the rising sun
I’m with you whenever you tell my story
For I am all I’ve done

Remember when you’re out walking
When the snow falls high outside your door
Late at night when you’re not sleeping
And moonlight falls across your floor

I am that one voice
In the cold wind that whispers if you listen
You’ll hear me call across the sky
As long as I still can reach out and touch you
Then I will never die