NO TEARS WHEN I AM GONE

The loneliness of the path

Does little to deter me 

From flying to touch the heights-

But I am alone not so much 

In that the regions above are

Not abundant with allies 

But because the hurt 

In my heart has 

Its own part in 

Alienating me a little 

From the ties that bind 

Me to my brethren. 

A lonely life is what seems 

To be the burden I must bear;

But in this very seeming 

Aloofness I yet somehow 

Manage to experience all the 

Enigmas that make up

Living and loving... .

But yet, a steady and low flame 

Does not flicker out quite as soon 

As an intense and fiery one;

Lives take after flames -

And there need be no tears 

When I am gone -

Don't cry for me 

When I am gone, 

For through my words 

I shall live on ... .