Sunday, December 16, 2007

Give me a title

NO TITLE MAN?


DONOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP
I AM NOT THERE I DON'T SLEEP

I AM A THOUSAND WINDS THAT BLOW
I AM THE DIAMOND GLINTS ON THE SNOW
I AM THE SUNLIGHT ON THE RIPENED GRAINS
I AM THE GENTLE AUTUM'S RAIN

WHEN YOU AWAKEN IN THE MORNING'S HUSH
I AM THE SWIFT UPLIFTING RUSH
OF QUIET BIRDS IN THE CIRCLED FLIGHT
I AM THE SOFT STAR THAT SHINES AT NIGHT

DONOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND CRY
I AM NOT THERE I DIDNOT DIE.

Dear friends in the secondline of the above poem I dont understand that why poet has written 'I DONOT SLEEP' altough he is saying that he is already dead. Comapre with last line I DIDNOT DIE.

could you please suggest a title for the above poem.