Death isn't anything at all.

Death is nothing.

Not at all.

In the next room, I've just gone.

Nobody has done anything.

Everything is the same as it was before.

I'm me, and you're you, too.

and our old life together is still the same, the same way it was before we met.

We are still what we were to one other.

Please address me by my long-forgotten given name.

Talk about me the way you always did.

Keep your tone the same.

You don't have to look somber or sad all the time.

Laugh, as we did every time we shared a small joke.

Play, smile, think about me, and pray for me, too.

Let my name stay the same as it always was.

You don't have to try to say it.

All that life has ever meant.

As it has always been.

There is total and unbroken continuity in the world.

Death: Is this just a small accident?

Because I can't see, I should not be in your mind.

for a short time, I'm just waiting for you to get here.

somewhere very close,

a few blocks away.

All is good.

Nothing is hurt or lost.

One second and everything will be the same as before.

How we will laugh when we see each other again!