within the silence
of the heart –
echoes of another
and lives so barely lived
were filled with light

trembled now
the tired soul –
spilled as prayer with sorrow
asking for but one
a truth revealed

wash upon these places
ease beyond the night –
but rob us not
the memory
of their love

guard the sleep
of dreamers –
wake them slow to peace
fearless to embrace
another morn

sweeter now
the whispered hope
revived from long ago –
promising a life
beyond this life

smiles remembered
everywhere –
where healing is begun
angels wait familiar now –
as faces to the sun

. . .