Friday, April 01, 2005

While sitting on his front porch and noticing the day, my friend Ernie penned these thoughts in remembrence of his wife. With a beautiful simplicity and clarity he captured the essence of the passing of time and the echo that remains.

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF AN ANNIVERSARY MORN
A mockingbird
And flocking birds
Both wonderful to hear
And both gone in an instant.

All is still again
And all is still green
But for the quartet of tulips
And the companion blossoms
Waiting for the sun to open them.

You were lovely
To listen to and
To look upon
But you are still now also
And still lovely to look upon
As you rest in the Eternal Now...

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