Her Brief Candle
“Do we all holy
rites…”
-Henry V, IV.viii.118
Her candle was too brief
But she was here
And she gave us joy
Conventionalities are no good now:
We are all stricken in the loss of a child
A happy child, in whom we are forever blessed
Today and forever, in happy remembrance
But still, it hurts
She’s not here now
Are we asking too much
That she should be?
No
Because if she were here
She would give meaning to our feeble words
“Eternal rest grant
unto her, O Lord, and make perpetual Light to shine upon her.”
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