To Say Farewell

To Death

It was all so easy and then I fell,

From supple limbs to bones I must quell

Heavy I arrive at the place we meet,

Unwanted friend I now beseech

To Healers

To the Lords and spirits to whom we pray,

In wails and whispers where our dead lay

To those whose ears mend weary hearts,

And those whose tireless hands play God,

Thank you for the strength your solace brought

After all the battles had been fought

Thank you for hope, for tears, for hours spent

Helping the ailing from darkness fend

To Dearest Ones

To those of you who’ve loved me most,

It is time I meet those wayward ghosts

Farewell friends, I leave you this,

To have seen joy and woe from the abyss

The greatest love, the deepest pain

To know this life was not in vain

You now know the breadth of beauty

You now know the depths of bane

And to My Love

When the rain falls,

and you are without shelter

You’ll neither bury your head,

or advance helter-skelter

You’ll rise to the occasion,

as you have before

And that fiercest of storms,

you will endure

Because you know it is a passing trial

That will turn its cheek and undo its wile

You my bravest, my heart, my light

Its my turn now, to see you through the night

Thank you

Love wholly. Believe deeply,

Whether aged or however briefly

Consume all of this life, bitter and fond

As I seek to find comfort in the great beyond

No longer hasten to bid me adieu,

The Blue will bless this life anew.