Under Your Light

When you passed The color of life drained out. Black and white And shades of grey strewn about. I can still hear laughter In fading echoes. And see happiness In fleeting memories. Snapshots of moments In time froze. While I'm thrust forward Devoid of these. How can I live in the moment When its a moment your not in? How can I embrace the future When a sheet of black walls it in? But, I search for the color In the smallest things- A leaf turning gold. A bird that still sings. I paint with the light That seeps through the cracks. Hoping to bring warmth Into the spaces that lack. For though you are gone I feel you in the breeze. In the hush of the night In the rustle of the trees. If I can gather these fragments And hold them close. Perhaps I can stitch together A quilt of hope. A way to move forward Not forgetting, but finding A place where your light Can continue on shinning.