Weep Not For Yourselves <br />Life is not given to you <br />For the sake only of thyself. <br />There are others to come <br />Who will need your presence <br />For you are more than a memory. <br />Your information and strategy <br />To perfect that which is given <br />Not even for them only <br />But for those to come after. <br /> <br />Think not how you may have fallen <br />But the many times you've gotten up. <br />This in itself is a gift <br />Given not to everyone. <br />Neither are many given strength <br />But they are given knowledge <br />To be patient and to endure. <br />Pass this irreplacable knowledge on <br />Which has only been given you <br />For it is the key to everlasting.<br /><br />Cecelia Weir<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/weep-not-for-yourselves/
