For those who are Grieving.

Posted byYan Sham-ShackletonPosted inGlutter's Hong Kong

For those who are Grieving.

Reading from a funeral I attended today.

You can shed tears that he is gone.
Or you can smile because he has lived

You can close your eyes and pray that he’ll come back
Or you can open your eyes and see all that he’s left

Your heart can be empty because you can’t see him
Or you can be full of the love your shared

You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday
Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday

You can remember him and only that he’s gone
Or you can cherish his memory and let it live on

You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back
or you can do what he’d want; smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

Published by Yan Sham-Shackleton

Yan Sham-Shackleton is a Hong Kong writer who lives in Los Angeles. This is her old blog Glutter written mostly in Hong Kong from 2003 to 2007. Although it was a personal blog, Yan focused a lot on free speech issues and democratic movement in Hong Kong. She moved to the US in 2007.

7 thoughts on “For those who are Grieving.”

  4. Adrian Torrez (May 30, 1973 – June 19, 2003)

    For Those Who are Grieving You can shed tears that he is gone. Or you can smile because he has lived You can close your eyes and pray that he’ll come back Or you can open your eyes and see

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  5. Adrian Torrez (May 30, 1973 – June 19, 2003)

    For Those Who are Grieving You can shed tears that he is gone. Or you can smile because he has lived You can close your eyes and pray that he’ll come back Or you can open your eyes and see

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  6. Adrian Torrez (May 30, 1973 – June 19, 2003)

    For Those Who are Grieving You can shed tears that he is gone. Or you can smile because he has lived You can close your eyes and pray that he’ll come back Or you can open your eyes and see

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  7. Adrian Torrez (May 30, 1973 – June 19, 2003)

    For Those Who are Grieving You can shed tears that he is gone. Or you can smile because he has lived You can close your eyes and pray that he’ll come back Or you can open your eyes and see

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