Remembering Graeme

One year ago today, our sweet Graeme passed away. I've posted some of my favorite photos of him below and I've also composed a small poem. I'm not a poet, of course, so give me some grace.

You laughed far away and I,

Unfree, caught just the last.

The sound broke into a thousand parts

And came knocking over my small thoughts.

My heart took up the melody and we danced,

Sometimes slow and sometimes

In great surprising leaps.

You led, I followed, stumbling and stiff,

Until we stopped, breathless.

O heart, take up that melody again;

Let the chorus gently push, pull, form, and mend.

The song is full and strong, but hidden

In a verse, a smell, a word.

Now tender, sticky and open

My heart waits to hear you laugh again

Where there is no muting shadow

And our sweet dance will find no limit or end.