Saturday, June 30, 2007

In Life and Death

Some things are so unthinkable

We don’t let ourselves think them

Some things are so well understood

We don’t see the need to say them

When two of those things collide

The pain can be overwhelming

And the backlash of our certainties

Can make us feel ashamed

But if you knew it in your heart

And showed it in your eyes

Then it was a well known fact

To the one who can no longer hear it

And if now you are forced to accept

Something before you couldn’t think of

The strength within you will come

From the one who you so loved

Days will pass and sometimes,

You will go half a day before

Something happens to remind you

And then you grieve anew

Some days the phone will be ringing

Before you remember there is not

Anyone to answer anymore

But your love will start to heal you

And when it does,

That is when you know

They always knew

What you didn’t need to say

And they will always

Be with you in your heart

And your memory

And your soul.


In memory of Jim Graham

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