I will tell you exactly And only the facts. You are trapped a little for a time And unhappy Then your face hollows and it has a death mask As the soul withdraws from the body And you look at me and tell me who you see It is always someone, Sitting there like me, But on the other side of things Waiting for you. And suddenly you become a column of white light And leave the body all at once Going upward, I know not where. And the body flickers, because it had a light and it is going out And it shimmers for a bit And then it is just a body, And you are gone. And sometimes I see you In my mind’s eye Standing beside me Making idle conversation Source
