HEAVEN WAS VISIBLE FOR A MOMENT

There was this brief moment in time.

You, where the essence that lit up for me, heaven.

You, shone so bright, You, made my life so sublime.

There where no ghostly shadows

to haunt my hours, to darken my days.

There was this beautiful magic - so alive.

Now it is but a strange mystery - one to strive

for an answer, an understanding is the direction

that will keep alive one's passion, one's compassion.

I closed my eyes and saw us there.

I opened them - once again, alone, I am here.

Alone, I do believe, is what so many, many fear.

For you my Dear, I have shed many, many a tear.

I know only to well, you want to move on.

I know only to well, between us, all has gone.

I see it in your beautiful dark brown eyes.

I know that all you may have felt for me, dies

every time you have to come in contact with me.

This I believe - with your every action - is what I see.

A future for your Heart, your Spirit, your Soul,

is what you are searching for and this I know.

So Xiao Ling, tell me, how do I let you go ?,

knowing how much I Love You, so.

B. J. "A" 2

January 8th 2011

OBSERVATIONS

A blanket of white covered the ground today,

while the coffin you inhabited, these past years,

- the sarcophagus that hid you from u s -,

lies in a casket of grey, awaiting it's fate,

while you, now as free as the wind, travel on wings

that will carry you passed all the past

that burdened your troubled soul,

your heart, broken so many times,

your spirit crushed by so many,

so many, many times during your brief stay

in this plane, on this little blue planet

that no longer inhibits.

You no longer inhabit.

B. J. "A" 2

December 30th 2010

A FRIEND

A Beautiful Flower, has lost the battle she did wage

against Autumn's decay and winter's icy rage.

We must close the book !, this being the final page.

The play has come to an end, the actress has left the stage.

Barbara Maria Bodnar-Gray

has finally reached that day

we dreaded, but knew she was headed for.

The story has come to an end, closing the door

on all the physical, the emotional pain,

in this life, she will never know again.

For Her Spirit, Her Soul, we do pray,

as they adventure on, getting to know more

then us flawed, mere mortals will ever gain

in this plane, shedding tears like falling rain.

There is little, my Friend, of fifty plus years, I can say,

except, I hope and pray that what ever is in store

for You, as You, climb aboard that train

that takes You, to places You, will meet

up with All, who have gone before, who will greet

You, with open arms, with open heart

as You, touch the edges of a new start.

Barbara, my Dear, You, have great adventures,

enjoy the universe and all it's dimensions -

beyond the one we mortals are trapped in -

now that You, are back on the road again.

We all - for some time - will live with the pain.

B. J. "A" 2

December 24th 2010