Death of a Loved One

Dedicated to my stepdad, who died of Alzheimer's over 15 years ago: There is no need to mourn, for now he goes to where no thunder quakes, no harsh wind blows. He’s going to the light where he will find the ones who wait, the ones who are enshrined within his heart, his kin of long agos. He leaves this earth and leaves the life he chose, proceeding to that tender light that glows in front of him, no more to be confined. There is no need to mourn. Contented was he, and he had no foes until there came the fiend that comes and shows itself, then slowly ravages the mind. But grace has come. Though we are left behind, it’s to his sweet revival now he goes. There is no need to mourn. April 2, 2023 For Unseeking Seeker's Death Of A Loved One Poetry Contest