For those who sail away . . .

The Boat of Life
Pär Lagergvist

Soon you are dead and do not know that you glide
on the boat of life towards the other lands
where the morning awaits you on hidden shores.

Do not worry. Fear not the hour of breaking up.
A kind hand calmly arranges the boat’s sail
Which leads you away from the evening land to the days.
Go without anxiety down in the silence of the beach,
the soft path through the grass of dusk.