before I was a dream
of yours ~
was given breath to stay
in places
you’ve forgotten
to remember

before the light
I fell into ~
was stirred within your soul
as not much more
than thought
without a name

before the psalm
repeated ~
or as the last amen
a moment there
unguarded
(did you know)

before the sleep
of angels pressed
to claim these years
of dust ~
might heaven hold a truth
you understand

before the rise
beyond the set ~
another dawn awaits
tho melted
as these colors of goodbye

before this end
another starts ~
as love to know again
made dearer
for the lives
we can’t recall