This poem arrived today in an email which told me of the physical death of a deeply spiritual and lovely lady who lived in Tiruvannamalai in Southern India. Apparently she left her body with absolute grace and without fear. Through her last days her soul visibly shone through her frail body....
This was one of her favourite poems:
GOD SAID
God said to us,
"I have cut you from a garden I tend
And set you in a vase
For the world to see.
Soon you will return,
For your glorious presence I miss.
My hands need to touch you again
My divine senses and eyes
Require your soul's beauty near.
Forgive me, my love, for the suffering
Our separation brought.
If I said I am in debt to you,
Could you understand?"
St. Thomas Aquinas
I think this is beautiful and hope it may bring comfort to all those who have lost loved ones.
With love
Sunanda xxx