Countdown to Mabon: "Mabon Lament" ~ a poem

 Mabon Lament

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's glint on snow

I am the sunlight on ripened grain,

I am the gentle autumn's rain

When you awaken in the mornings hush,

I am the swift, uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circled flight,

I am the soft star that shines at night

I am the ocean's calming waters,

That carries Earth Mothers' sons and daughters

So do not stand at my grave and cry,

I am not there; I did not die

And do not stand at my grave and mourn,

I am not there; I have been reborn

~ written by Mary Elizabeth Frye with adaptation by Lady Caer Morganna 

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