Guiding Light

You blew through the world,

Gentle as a cool breeze,

That leaves the skin crying for more.

Your words were tips

Of a tinkling chandelier

The ensuing music

A harmony of reasoning

That will take me years to comprehend.

When your voice could no longer

Carry the tones of your thinking,

You spoke with your eyes,

Blazing with love, affection and a genuine curiosity.

Your touch trembled with age,

But still soothed in ways

That felt beautiful.

Each time our fingers parted ways

We thought it would be our last,

With our hearts hungering for more

In this worldly existence.

Yet we knew, you and I, that

The physical is only

One of many dimensions

Where we are connected

And bonded

In this life and beyond.

I know you are still here.

I feel you in my heartbeat.

These tears of selfish sorrow

That I shed today

Feels as though they defy

The depth of our love.

I know there will come a day

When these tears will not flow as freely.

Time will have softened

The shards of grief.

And what will remain

Will be the glow

Of moments spent together,

Where words were not necessary

Nor the touch.

(c) mh 2015