A Time of Thanks

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 seek 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