Ravens Greatest Wisdom Poem by Shirley Harrison

So Raven came, once more to me

and whispered softly and gently

he told me hold your head up high

but I shrugged shoulders with a sigh

he didn't need to say much more

my tears were flooding
broken heart raw

It's time, he said
It's time to see

what life and death does really mean?

for those who've passed won't want you sad

they want you to look
back on love
not all that's bad

be glad that once your souls did touch

as death does come, does come and much

yet those of us who've
been left to cry

tears of pain, one day will dry

perhaps no rainbows nor angels fly

yet pain that eases pain gone by

and if such grief does never pass

remember, death's on each soul's compass.