if i'm lost, please don't find me.

"Well I'm sorry I'm not who you thought I was, but what's happened is in the past, and all I can do is try to change. If you can't accept that, then you're not who I thought you were."
                                                                                                                               - Serena van der Woodsen, Gossip Girl

do not stand at my grave and weep

do not stand at my grave and weep;

i am not there. i do not sleep.

i am a thousand winds that blow.

i am the diamond glints on snow.

i am the sunlight on ripened grain.

i am the gentle autumn rain.

when you awaken in the morning's hush

i am the swift uplifting rush

of quiet birds in circled flight.

i am the soft stars that shine at night.

do not stand at my grave and cry;

i am not there. i did not die.

                               - Mary Elizabeth Frye