"What is dying?
I am standing on the sea shore,
A ship sails and spreads her white sails to
the morning breeze and starts for the ocean.
She is an object of beauty and I stand watching her till at last she fades on the horizon, and someone at my side says, "She is gone"
Gone where?
Gone from my sight, that is all. She is just as large in the masts, hull and spars as she was when I saw her, and just as able to bear her load of living freight to its destination.
The diminished size and total loss of sight is in me,
not in her and just at the moment when someone at my side says "She is gone", there
are others who are watching her coming,
and other voices take up the glad shout,
"There she comes", and that is DYING.
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A Parable of Immortality by: Marsha
I think this is what you are looking for... I found it on another website. Marsha
A Parable of Immortality
I am standing upon the seashore.
A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean.
She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch until at last she hangs like a speck of white cloud
Just where the sea and the sky come to mingle with each other.
Then someone says, "There she goes!"
Gone where?
Gone from my sight, that is all.
She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side
And just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of destination.
Her diminished size is in me, not in her.
And just at the moment when someone at my side says, "There she goes"
There are other eyes watching her coming
And their voices ready to take up the glad shouts,
"Here she comes!"
By Henry Van Dyke
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Sailing Ship by: Anonymous
When our loved one dies, it?s as if they are on a ship, leaving port and disappearing over the horizon. And those of us left on the dock watch sadly and say, ?There she goes.? And when the ship goes over the horizon we mourn because our loved one seems to be gone completely, because we can?t see her any more.
But, when the ship disappears over the horizon to us, it is just appearing to those at another port. And there are loved ones and fellow believers standing on the dock there who have already made the same journey. They are watching expectantly, and when the ship comes over the horizon and approaches, they cheer and say joyously, ?Here she comes!?
