Come to me, she said to me, And I obeyed. I climbed to touch the stars, Just to fall forever in her arms. Come to me, I said to her, And she did. Fallen from the clouds of destiny, Just to land forever in my arms. In the moment, When our flesh began its enjoyment, We new that forever wasn't just ahead, But a memory of lives once lived, together. Our heartbeats are surely finite, Yet they echo in eternity, A truth beholds its Maker in love, A man beholds a vision in his soul. A warrior though I be, Tears do flow in the moment of our departure. A stoic though I am, I hold firm to the testament of a life worth living. As she departs, As we leave for the spaces we call home, I realize that heaven is where her body lays, And heaven would make a wonderful home indeed. In moments we are parted... I feel the loss of her, Like a drowning man deep in a dark sea, Struggling for the air, I know is right above the surface. I long for the touch of her, Like a wayward soul just trying to find its direction, Lost in a forest of uncertainty, She, my compass, leads me home. A man who knows he's dying has a purpose, To live beyond the measure of his mind, To make fear a slave to his own virtue, Rather than the other way around. A man who has known great loss, Knows the gift of a Sunrise, He waits for things others take for granted, And holds dear the truths that others cannot understand. This man who knows both has found his Source, And sees the wonders in her eyes, Keeps sacred the pleasures of her touch, Forever true to her, the Surface of his sea. Left forever to certain devices, Two souls parted will find their home indeed, For the will of love can never be defeated, The Source of love can never be unfound. It is there that a lost man finds a sanctuary, The Stoic bends his knee in surrender to her pace, A warrior bends his head to sword in quite repose, To the One that gives meaning to Entirety. For when the winter ends, And the battles are all but over, She is there, to take him in her arms, And gently lead him home.
To the kindred One, indeed. May you know the loving fierceness of the man who you have cherished, and the truth of words we create together on our journey.