{"id":174,"date":"2026-05-12T15:29:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:30:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:30:02","slug":"the-willow-weeps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/?page_id=174","title":{"rendered":"the willow weeps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>15 march 2021<\/em>,<em>\u00a0limburg<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i have died many many times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">but if i die again, don\u2019t mourn me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">shed only tears of joy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">let the rain cleanse the body<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of my uncommitted vices<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">when i die, don\u2019t wear black<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">let the cry of a crow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">brighten the day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">when i die, don\u2019t want to be<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">buried in this cramped ground<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">it\u2019s unfair to disturb the moles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">trees\u2019 roots<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and make earthworms refugees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">first, but, offer an apology to the air<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">scatter my ashes not over the sea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">fish are already coughing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">but in the forest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">where my thoughts and ideas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">used to roam freely<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">no elegy needed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">when you can find consolation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in a robin\u2019s song<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the absence of my coffin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">won\u2019t need flowers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">give water to a weeping willow instead<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">no candles!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">my cat\u2019s eyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">will shine with sun and stars<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">when i\u2018m there, celebrate the full moon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">where new inspirations used to sprout<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">there won\u2019t be a grave to visit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">wherever you see<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a blade of grass<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a flying heron<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">or hear the song of a frog<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">or a lazy bumblebee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">bow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and pray for rain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>15 march 2021,\u00a0limburg i have died many many times but if i die again, don\u2019t mourn me shed only tears of joy let the rain cleanse the body of my uncommitted vices when i die, don\u2019t wear black let the cry of a crow brighten the day when i die, don\u2019t want to be buried [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-174","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175,"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174\/revisions\/175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}