Death Is like a Car

Music: Miss Noble. By Turlough O'Carolan. Sequenced at Ancient Music of Ireland.

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Death is like a car That disappears around a curve, Or like an ancient custom That we've failed to preserve. The car continues going Even though we cannot see, And the custom just remains Itself, outside of memory. Death is a relation To a certain time and place; To Eternity it's nothing In a line of endless grace. I've loved you all so much That I've known Eternity, Vast and never ending Deep within the thing that's me. Time is like a river And love a clear, still lake That holds the sky within it, Crystalline and yet opaque. And I have had that gift In an abundance that is rare, With you and with my husband Who's both gone and everywhere. I feel the awesome beauty Of the end of earthly breath. I've had a rich, full life And now a peaceful, shining death.