Don’t Cry For Me (poem)

Inspired by recent posts by @Tsultrim, I pencilled a poem a couple of years ago but left it unwritten until now:

Don’t Cry For Me

         Don’t cry
          for 
           me,

                  the cold corpse that lies 
              before you is not me,

         for I now have left this place,

    to where 
         I can’t be sure, 

       my time here was 
           a mere momentary pause
                in a life eternal.

   I did not fear death, my
      only anguish was for those
               I left behind, so;

    save your      t
                          e
                           a
                            r
                             s,

            they are no use to you or I.

                               Know that I lived 
                                                   a full life,
       with joy,
           with love,
      with friendship,
           with you around me.

         I found true meaning.

                     My last request:

            be strong, be brave,
         be happy, be the best that 
                            you can be,

                      remember me but let me go.

                                      My journey
                                       continues,
                                        in another
                                         time,
                                          another
                                           place,

                                            another
                                             me.

                             Don’t cry for me,
                                  please.