Obituary of Cedric Lanier Linton

Native American Prayer for the Grieving

I give you this one thought to keep-

I am with you still, 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 mornings hush,

I am the swift, uplifting rush-

Of quiet birds in circled flight.

I am the soft stars that shine at night.

Do not think of me as gone-

I am with you still – in each new dawn.