In Memory

The day seems somehow fitting. Tears go unnoticed in the rain. As you would have them, noone is crying. In fact a lot of them are cheerful, if sombre.

The time was right. The place, less than one might hope for, but not unwelcome. An acceptable end to an extraordinary life.

I never knew you properly. Your silence marked by smiles and glances. A wealth of wisdom hidden behind an unmovable shell. But yet I learned so much from you.

It was your time, that you knew. We saw it coming, and our hearts were stilled. I know, for you, it is a release of unimaginable magnitude, and I hope everyone can see it as such. I hope that through your life they will learn not to fear death.

Now I may read your soul, the pages lain bare, my conscience clean. But it cannot make up for what you were to us all.



You loved God in life, and you'll love him all the more in death.