1 November 2012
Lit up in the night sky We watch you float away Symbolising the death of one But never gone away A memory of so long ago A child I'd never known I stood in the doorway The lanterns floating away They had all known you Just me the one not to But part of you in me Through her and the things she did see The way she told me of how you used to be How she missed you indefinitely And how we are far, despite it all I know she misses you And always will too
This poem is dedicated to an old friend's little brother, who was taken from them too early. Last year, on his anniversary, we set off lanterns for him.
Lanterns • Opuss № I