<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=450584" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Before It Becomes Too Late</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Death, be not unkind.<br>Do not hold her long in your embrace.<br>Do not cause more pain by her unwanted continuance of this life.<br>I know that transition is inevitable, though I grieve<br>To think of her departure.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Suffering in the vacuum of her absence, <br>I shall not mourn, lest my mourning hinder the flight <br>of her soul.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But, hold just a while that I may talk with her.<br>That I may say the things I should have said: <br>Of her courage; of the void she has filled in my life; <br>Of my love for her. Why do we wait to say <br>The things we should have said.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What? I have said those things before, you say? <br>Surely not. Surely, not enough times.<br>I fear she does not know.<br>You say I delay conclusion? Yes, if I could.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Reluctantly, I let go of her soul that it may fly<br>Like a fragment of dawn, reflecting upon the face<br>Of the Waters.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As an impassioned phrase from some familiar<br>Line of verse that touches one's heart, a majestic<br>Quiescence moves across her face. Deep sleep. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The closure of this sojourn is now complete.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lynn+W.+Petty">Lynn W. Petty</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=450584" data-title="Before It Becomes Too Late de Lynn W. Petty" data-description="Death, be not unkind. Do not hold her long in your embrace. Do not cause more pain by her unwanted continuance of this life. I know that transition is inevitable, though I grieve To think of her departure. Suffering in the vacuum of her absence, ..."></div> </div> </div>

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