Chandrakant Patel

Chandrakant Patel of Quogue, Age 84. Beloved husband to Puspaben. Beloved father to Dr. Raj Patel, Anjaana Patel, and Nilesh Patel.

Do not stand by my grave and weep
I am not there, 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 awake in the morning’s hush
I am the swift upflinging rush,
Of quiet birds in circling flight.

I am the soft starlight at night,
Do not stand at my grave and cry
I am not there, I did not die.