Life and Loss

So many loved ones and friends lost it seems Their faces frequent visitors to our nightly dreams For those of us left behind we search for ways to carry on Ever seeking elusive answers from dusk until dawn Life is a gift that we should cherish every single day But we find that loss and grief often get in the way With little choice but to continue to ever forge ahead We rely on fleeting memories embedded in a tangled web Sometimes clear, sometimes faint they give us hope As if peering through a mystic kaleidoscope We pass this way but once and if lucky kinships are formed Realizing nothing lasts forever as the scriptures forewarn