Still....

That most special day, has arrived and come

To mark our long lives spent together as one.

In truth, I am alone but not lonely -

As you’re aware of because you've known me.

I have an array of memories most brilliant,

Large as the universe, powerfully resilient,

Bathed in the realm of an excess of waters,

To offer comfort in the shelter of love’s quarter.

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Still….

It’s you, resplendent in the flesh and renewed,

For whom my heart pines, just as I once knew;

It’s you my hand stretches out to find in the darkness

In lieu of the feel of the empty space's harshness;

It’s you for whom I look both ways

In hopes you’ve returned and come to stay;

It’s your laughter I want to drift 'cross the air -

Would be the answer to a most fervent prayer;

It’s your sweet sound of voice, so near and so clear

That I long to hear as you call me your dear;

It’s your face that I miss and look for once more,

When first I awaken, just like always before.

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Still….

Your soul reaches out, ever present in design

Linked together, unerringly, always with mine

Despite the ache of loss created by the distance

Nothing can deny your depth of existence.

Lingering remnants of our shared days,

Serve well to remind of love’s strong felt ways.

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Still….

I’ll look for you despite all the scars,

In the dark evening's brightest stars,

In the moonlight’s beams near and so far,

In days most resplendent in healthy sunshine,

In flowers that grow in our garden divine,

In each clap of thunder and each drop of rain,

In the laughter of children that can’t be contained,

In the presence of loved ones and all whom we know,

In the plants that you watered, I’ll see our love grow,

In the face of adversity and all we did swear,

In the song of the cardinal rippling through the air,

In the path of the dragonfly’s fluttered flight,

In the dark of each persistent and quiet night,

In the stillness of each new day’s silence,

In the ways you'll find to offer your guidance.

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Still….

I’ll seek you always in the depth of my heart

In the crux of my soul though now we're apart

We’ve always lived as one life from the start -

A picture of love beyond death is our finest art -

Two splendid souls, merged for all time, never to part.

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Still....