read more http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/Chelwood- ... story.htmlA FORMER RAF pilot took his own life just days after celebrating his 90th birthday.
Ian Bowyer, who flew aircraft including the Lancaster in the Second World War, suffered from severe depression prior to his death.
Our sincere heartfelt condolences to his family & friends
...an extract from a poem by Khalil Gibran
I have passed a mountain peak and my soul is soaring in the
Firmament of complete and unbound freedom;
I am far, far away, my companions, and the clouds are
Hiding the hills from my eyes.
The valleys are becoming flooded with an ocean of silence, and the
Hands of oblivion are engulfing the roads and the houses;
The prairies and fields are disappearing behind a white specter
That looks like the spring cloud, yellow as the candlelight
And red as the twilight.
The songs of the waves and the hymns of the streams
Are scattered, and the voices of the throngs reduced to silence;
And I can hear naught but the music of Eternity
In exact harmony with the spirit's desires.
I am cloaked in full whiteness;
I am in comfort; I am in peace.
Tom