A Candle For Peter
The brighter the candle
The faster it burns
Now the brightest candle I know
Is but a memory
A memory of better times;
Of fiery passion
And boundless laughter;
Of a boy who lived more in 15 years
Than most could in a hundred
Youthful loves that
Make time stop
And broken hearts
That make the world end-
A life lived to the fullest
He knew better than any,
That you cannot truly die
If you have not truly lived:
That is the risk of living
So while we mourn his death
We remember the life he lived
And through our memories he shall achieve
The immortality that has been man's greatest wish
Since we first began to dream
Remember
His beautiful mind
His immortal soul
His unbreakable spirit
And he shall live forever.
For my dearly departed cousin, not in blood, but in heart.
R.I.P. peter
Copyright © Al Grunwald | Year Posted 2018
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