Departure is nothing at all.

     I have only slipped away to the next room.

Whatever we were to each other,

     That exists today.

Call me by my old familiar name;

     Speak to me in the gentle way you always used.

Laugh at the silly jokes we always shared.

    Think of me, pray for me.

Life still means all that it ever meant.

    All is well. Nothing is lost.

In one brief moment all will be as it was before.

    Only better, infinitely happier.

We will be together again.