FLOWERS FOR A FUNERAL
Don’t miss me. Breathe. I am in the wind.
Don’t long for me. Drink, for I am the water.
Don’t speak for me. Listen! I sing in the silence.
I am the one for whom yesterday
was only ever celebration
and tomorrow is but a sparkling thought.
I am not ahead of you, my sweetness,
but always behind,
always, already arrived.
And if you see me, smiling in the light
let purity melt my face
unleashing freedom in the night
that brighter dominion
that we could never replace.
When you rage, old friend,
I am the heart of the storm,
When you love, lover,
I am the loving.
When you break,
still believing in shape,
I am the space between,.
When you search,
I am that which seeks,
And when you are wholly here,
Here am I, forever whole.
