Flood of light

Flood of light

Reveals that soon the night

Will be approaching

Stealing in with shadows falling

Across the room in dappled silence

And in late afternoon I sense

A spirit of eternal joy

Calling to me

Carried by the whisper of autumnal leaves

On moving trees

These whispers speak

Of both life and death

In the April you were taken

I felt so forsaken then

But now I find that you have only moved

A short distance away from me

Still lingering here

Recent in memory

I remember when you said to me

It will all work out in the end

And I recall too how much

Despite the pain you suffered

You always had a easy smile

That lit the room from within

And so with the light

I remember that

And it makes my spirit glad

One day my sis

We will meet again

On the other side of all of this

Trouble and strife

But for now there is no reason to hide

Any more from life

And its fills my heart with peace

To know that finally you knew

Sweet release

After years and years of suffering

No painful thoughts lingering

To remind me

Of how much you struggled

Against such powerful forces

Of repression

Anymore

(for my sister Judith)