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I'd stay here with you if I could, forever and
a day,

but God above with infinite love

is taking me away.

So, live life full and fear not death

the dying mother said

And on my grave

leave not a tear

but a red, red rose instead.

For the red stands for the love we've shared from the

moment of your birth,

The petals stand for the memories of our sojourn

here on earth,

The thorns stand for the pain we feel,

when our lives appear forlorn

And the long stem stands for the afterlife,

to which we all our born

The thing I wish for most of all

is to see you smile,

And I'll be back when the pain is gone

When, I've rested for awhile.

You'll feel my touch upon your cheek,

in the breeze that passes by.

I'll be there watching from above in the glow of the 

evening sky.

I'll be there in the waves that move on a calm and

gentle sea.

I'll be there in the love that surrounds your every

Christmas tree.

I'll be there in the songs you hear that speak to you

of love.

I'll never die, as long as I live,

within your memory,
So,

shed no tears and leave a rose in

rememberance of me.

Linda got this poem just a few days before she

passed away.

She read it to me on the phone and I just cried.

The author is unknown,

but this poem is beautiful.
~ Susana