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I'm trying to find a poem

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FilledSoda · 08/04/2017 11:54

for someone close who lost her partner.
We were talking about them not really being gone as though they are just behind a veil.
I want to find the poem I got that image from.
I think it's about not grieving too much because I haven't gone far away, I'm just behind the veil.
I just can't think what it was called or how I stumbled across it.
Google is suggesting lots of similar things but I would know it if I saw it.

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thebakerwithboobs · 08/04/2017 12:12

This?

I'm trying to find a poem
Babymamamama · 08/04/2017 12:26

It might be "Do not stand by my grave and weap"by Mary Elizabeth Fry. That one always touches me.

FilledSoda · 08/04/2017 18:11

thank you for those suggestions, they are both lovely and I'll make a note of them.
I'm beginning to wonder if I dreamt the mystery one.

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Floggingmolly · 08/04/2017 18:14

Any good?

I'm trying to find a poem
coxsorangepippin · 08/04/2017 18:21

thebaker (love your name!) that really sounds different to Emily Dickinson and more modern... hmm...

Google says Colleen Hitchcock! averyshope.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/and-if-i-go-while-youre-still-here-by.html?m=1

FilledSoda · 09/04/2017 18:44

Molly , that's it !
I'm so grateful, thank you.
My mother and I are tentatively trying to rebuild a relationship of sorts after a long estrangement.
My poor Dad died last week .
I had tried to recall this poem and promised I would find it for her.
Mumsnetters rock

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Floggingmolly · 09/04/2017 18:57

Ah, I'm glad. Sorry about your Dad Flowers

UsedToBeAPaxmanFan · 09/04/2017 19:01

I'm sorry about your dad.

I realise that you've found the poem you were looking for, but this one has a similar sentiment and is a favourite of mine. It might give your mum some comfort
m.poemhunter.com/poem-amp/death-is-nothing-at-all
Flowers

FilledSoda · 09/04/2017 20:37

thank you Paxman, I find great comfort in that and I'm sure DM will too

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coxsorangepippin · 09/04/2017 21:20

So nice to see it's been found.

Sorry about your dad, and good luck rebuilding things with your mum.

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