“After You Left the weight of your absence became a black hole revolving around my memory of you--itself a black hole. Wavelets wrinkled the sheer sheet of space and time. Father, the loss of you is a planet orbiting what might have been. I cannot say if the emptiness is a grand celestial body or a vacuum so complete nothing can escape. I know these forces have mass and motion that bends, calls in, ripples fabric-- distorts the pace of light for a billion years.” DeathPoetryLossGriefPoemMourningFathersDeath Of A FatherLoss Of A Father Book:Worldly Things Source: Worldly Things
“Come to my funeral dressed as you would for an autumn walk in the woods. Arrive on your schedule; I give you permission to be late, even without good cause. If my day arrives when you had other plans, please proceed with them instead. Celebrate me there--keep dancing.” LifeDeathLossMourningFuneralsCelebration Of Life Book:Worldly Things Source: Worldly Things