WHEN SOMEONE IS GONE
When someone is gone,
you can bring them back,
for just a little while,
by talking them into life.
By painting a picture with your memories and your words,
breathing their essence back into existence,
for just a few moments.
When someone is gone,
you can see them again,
for a minute or two,
by being all the things they once were.
By allowing their best traits to filter through you,
shaping your words, your thoughts and your deeds,
back out into this world.
When someone is gone,
you can feel them again,
for just a moment,
by playing their music,
and singing their favourite songs.
By giving yourself up to the notes that brought them alive,
once upon a time, it will again.
When someone is gone,
you can keep a part of them alive,
by giving the love you had for them a forever place in your life,
a forever seat at your table and a glorious chapter in your book.
Stories never die, and boy did they make stories.
Tell them.
Poem by Donna Ashworth
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