Nothing changes, but everything has

Our beautiful friend Deb passed on 13/08/21 after her second, brief battle with cancer.

In the grand scheme of things, in life,
nothing has really changed, but everything has.
The sun still rises lighting eastern skies
then falls, ceding the heavens to a pallid moon,
tides ebb and flow, their calming shushing washing shingled shores,
fetching and carrying, fetching and carrying, fetching...
The tick and tock of time, relentless, moves forward
with seconds changing to minutes, to hours, days, weeks, months,
this passing of time ushering in the season's change,
summer into autumn, into winter, into spring,
the season of new life, rebirth, but not yours,
for you now sleep eternally, peacefully, somewhere beyond this life
in the arms of the angels.

We didn't send a card, couldn't find the words,
and what use tear stained ink to broken hearts anyway, what use.
Even now as this written, what words could do justice,
could explain the numbness, disbelief,
the feeling of loss at your sudden passing
and how sadly you are missed, will always be missed...

Is it peaceful up in heaven
have you angel wings to fly,
can you hear our veiled hearts beating
can you see the tears we cry.

Will you visit in the small hours
come sit and chat awhile,
reminisce about good times spent
upon our faces paint a smile.

And will you hold us in your angel heart
as we in ours hold you,
until the time we meet again
when our lives they too are through.

Reviews

[Betty Hermelee]

Everything changes, time moves, seasons change, tides ebb and flow, but one thing that stands still is death. And, your beautiful words to your loved one.... that can't be written but can be spoke....such tenderness is shown here, such heart felt emotions... that we'll never part even in death.... and speaking to that person is so human and shows much love.
Lovely
Best, Betty

[Gee]

Thank you Betty

[Betty Hermelee]

You're very welcome!

[Davidgeo]

I want you to do math with me over the private message. To be more particular, I want to talk to you about calculus and the philosophical nature of the word infinity. Strictly no calculators allowed. We will do math without numbers.

[Gee]

I struggle to string two words together so there is no chance of me having any success with math :)
Hope you are keeping well Dave

[Davidgeo]

Aww come on,
"nothing has really changed, but everything has"

You should listen to me go on about math and physics for a couple messages then we should collaborate. We'd make something nice. I can tell.

You shouldn't even be friends with with me. It's always been kinda weird to me that you never blocked me or at least told me to go f**k myself.

You are my third favorite human being of all time on this site. By a very extremely wide margin.

[Gee]

You'd lose me very quickly.
No chance of me blocking you, you're forthright, a wee bit to blunt for some folk but not so much these days, and I enjoy reading your reviews of others work especially when they try to dig back at you for being honest and then fail miserably when going for to tie with you :))
I'll take 3rd place any day 😎

[Gee]

Toe to toe....for to tie.

[Gee]

"nothing really changes, but everything has"
Send passing has had me properly questioning my own mortality. I've know her 45 years and her husband for 50, so for her to suddenly not be in my/our lives is still do hard to come to terms with, she's left a massive hole in so many folks life.
8 weeks from her diagnosis of secondary breast cancer to her passing, which happened to be on my wife's birthday...so, so sad

[Gee]

Send....Debs

[Gee]

I posted a poem a while ago which was written after the wedding of Debs daughter Grace. "Long after"
A very simple offering

[Davidgeo]

You flatter me Gee.

There's a song under a poem I recently wrote called 'god of hostage' that I bet you'd like.

Also... it's more than highly likely that you know as much or more math than me. This s**t was invented before numbers were... math is actually best described by words, only in application do the specific numbers become necessary.

[Davidgeo]

Fingertip to tip... frontal cortex to frontal cortex, it's interesting to feel a little piece of another person, for any reason. I'm not good at it but I do genuinely try.

[Ken Simm.]

So sad but beautiful tribute to an obviously loved friend. We are lucky to have such. And they are still there in such memories. I truly believe that. These are not inadequate words. They are things of beauty.

[Gee]

Too kind Ken :)
Hope you are keeping well

[Zoe Richardson]

Woah. give me a moment to dry my eyes. I lost my husband to diabetes, and this struck such a chord with me. Words are so hard to find when you experience loss. They seem so inadequate. But you found some here and they say just the right thing!

[Gee]

I'm sorry for your loss Zoe. As you say words do seem inadequate, trite even, so when we do find what we deem to be adequate we hope that they are also relatable to others.
Thank you

[Beccy]

'and what use tear stained ink to broken hearts anyway, what use.'

That is the line that brought me to tears, as it reminded me so much of my feeling of almost helplessness when a good friend of mine from uni passed very recently.

A beautiful tribute Gee and I have no doubt your friend will ever remain fresh and vivid in your minds.

Beccy.

[Gee]

Thanks Becky. Started this poem several times and scrapped it. Sometimes writing for folk you truly love seems to be the hardest thing to do.
Hope you are all well

[LostSage]

somebody someplace invented this thing called time! as I go through it I get more and more disappointed and disenchanted, I thought we all going to have fun....keep yourself sweet....have a wonderful day.....stars and flowers atcha ✨💐

[Gee]

Thank you..

[Miss Sharon]

So beautifully written. I could imagine me reading this to my only son who died in 2011 and is now in heaven. ~Sharon

[Gee]

So, so sad you lost your son, heartbreaking.
Thank you for dropping in

[John the Baptist]

A moving elegy here for one deeply beloved. A person cannot be brought back, but cherished memories can live forever.

[Gee]

Thank you for reading John

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree my friend. There are no words we can say to accept the death of a friend.
"And will you hold us in your angel heart
as in ours we all hold you,
until the time we meet again
when our lives they too are through."
The above lines. I have said often. Thank you my friend for sharing your powerful words and your thoughts.
Coyote

[Gee]

Thank you Coyote, hope you are well

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome my friend.

[barleygirl]

This is beyond my ability to respond to it. Your way of observing the grave moments of life & death -- it's like no other. You take me there & immerse me in it. Love this line: "fetching and carrying, fetching and carrying, fetching..." -- so symbolic (((HUGS)))

[Gee]

Thanks Margie. So hard to accept Deb's passing :))