Sunday, March 22, 2009
She has only slipped into the next room
She is she and you are you
Whatever you were to each other, that you are still.
Call her by her old familiar name,
Speak to her in the easy way which you always used
Put no difference in your tone,
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow
Laugh as you always laughed together.
Play, smile, think of her, pray for her.
Let her name be ever the household world that it always was,
Let it be spoken without effect, without the trace of shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
Just keep her in your mind, your heart, and continue.
That should be what she wants.
dedicated to you.
with lots of love,
lydia(:
She is she and you are you
Whatever you were to each other, that you are still.
Call her by her old familiar name,
Speak to her in the easy way which you always used
Put no difference in your tone,
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow
Laugh as you always laughed together.
Play, smile, think of her, pray for her.
Let her name be ever the household world that it always was,
Let it be spoken without effect, without the trace of shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
Just keep her in your mind, your heart, and continue.
That should be what she wants.
dedicated to you.
with lots of love,
lydia(:
what we could have been, 2:53 PM.
