Loss

I cannot sing, though, wish I could but silence at this precious time seems more meaningful and would be the right thing to calm the tender and fragile air. Sadness should be surrounded by serenity just as tears must be shared with empathy. Pain, where care is most needed. Listening, its kindest cure. So, I will be silent as you cry, near as you grieve and patient as you recover. November 17, 2025

For Ed Thought of you the other day, heard a joke, wanted to pass it your way. I knew you would laugh, you would laugh all day. Forgot that you had gone away. Reached for the phone to give you a call, nothing on my mind, nothing at all. Wanted to hear your uplifting voice, tell you ‘bout my dull, ho hum day. Forgot that you had gone away. Gotta get used to you not here. I miss you so, the good times, good cheer. Now the nights are cold, dark and long, colder and darker since