There is No Death

There is No Death
by Kathryn Kay

And there shall be no need
to comfort thee
who understood her most and loved her best.
You know her heart, tho’ stilled within her breast
will pulse and throb throughout eternity
in lovely things. ‘Tis God’s consistency.
There is no death, there’s only constant change.
When night turns into day–’tis not so strange,
and night, for her, has dawned to brilliancy.
One does not mourn to see a butterfly
emerge with splendor from an old cocoon,
nor weep when spring ends wintertime nor sigh
at ever-varying stages of the moon.
In ev’ry gentle breeze you’ll feel her breath
and you’ll look up and smile . . . There is no death!

(Goldfish Privacy © 2005, reprinted with permission)

About the poet:

LDS poetess Kathryn Kay (Kathryn Worsley Pratt) was a popular radio announcer on the KFI radio show Midnight Frolic out of Los Angeles, California, a forerunner of today’s late night television broadcasts, from 1927 to 1930. She was also Associate Editor of “Parade” magazine before it became a Sunday supplement.

Kathryn began writing poetry at age 10 and has had three major poetry books published. Kathryn died in February 2005, but a new book of her poetry has been published with the title Goldfish Privacy and is available wherever LDS books are sold or on the Sheralynn Pratt website.

Read more about Kathryn Kay at her website.