Full Circle

The day was a day like any other day
Until I got the news that you had passed away
I sat in the silence and waited for words- to emerge
And slowly they sauntered in like mourners singing a dirge

When the words were all together, there was a change in their song
And suddenly my sorrow didn't feel so all alone
Amazing, Astounding, Beautiful, and True
Are a few of the words that come to mind when I think of you

Dedicated, Defiant, Determined- Never to be contained
Within any of the words we ascribe to you, or even in your name
A thousand words, a thousand pictures- your essence transcends
So I sit in the stillness, and the silence comes again

I'm so thankful to have known you, my dearly departed friend- and I sorely miss your face
That reminds me of the Infinite, and the underlying grace
That holds together our existence that can never be defined
In simple terms like "good" and "bad" and surely not "yours" and "mine"

For it seems we are all in this together somehow- our existence intertwined
So the sorrow that I feel, I know is not uniquely mine
And here in the midst of this sorrow that wreaks havoc on my mind
I feel a strange connection to Life, to Light, to Love- the Divine

Life is certainly filled with both triumphs and disasters
We learn to laugh through the tears, and to cry through the laughter
Joy and Sorrow walk together like two long-lost friends
The end is the beginning, and the beginning is the end

So, in my gut-wrenching grief- that can never be fully spoken
My hope, my prayer, my earnest plea- God, I hope the circle does in fact- remain unbroken
Because my mind can't bear the thought of never seeing you again
I love you. I miss you. Until then. Until then