death is nothing at all

death is nothing at all

i have only slipped away into the next room

i am i and you are you

whatever we were to each other

that we still are

call me by my old familiar name

speak to me in the easy way

which you always used

put no difference in your tone

wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow

laugh as we always laughed

at the little jokes we enjoyed together

let my name be ever the household word

thai it always was

let it be spoken without effect

without the trace of shadow on it

life means all that it never meant

it is the same as it ever was

there is unbroken continuity

why should i be out of mind

because i am out of sight?

i am waiting for you, for an interval

somewhere very near

just around the corner

all is well