"Miss Me, But Let Me Go"

I don't normally post serious things here. Or deep things, for that matter. But I wanted to share a poem printed on the funeral program for a friend that passed away Friday. The words were so powerful and comforting to me, that I'd love to have this used when I die.

Miss Me, But Let Me Go

When I come to the end of the road

and the sun has set for me

I want no rites in a gloom-filled room.

Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little, but not too long

and not with your head bowed low.

Remember the love that we once shared,

Miss me, but let me go.

For this is the journey that we must take

And each must go alone.

It's all a part of the Master's plan,

A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick of heart

Go to the friends we know

And bury your sorrows in doing

good deeds

Miss me, but let me go.

--Unknown