It is not the flowers <br />That wilt <br />It is not the wind <br />That whirls <br />And goes <br />It is not the world <br />That ends <br />In this place <br />But it is <br />We ourselves <br /> <br />It is I <br />That wither <br />And pass away<br /><br />RIC S. BASTASA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/it-is-i-that-wither-and-pass-away/