In Loving Memory of Our Dear Friend
Amberdrake
21 ~ 11 ~ __ to 31 ~ 10 ~ 04
You blessed our lives with your spirit
& we are all richer for having known you.
Thank you for taking the time
Thank you for sharing
Your light burns brightly Amber.
You will be sadly missed although we know
you will be forever with us, just a breath away.
Farwell until we meet again.
Respect to you dear friend.
Death is nothing at all
I have only slipped away into the next room
I am I, and you are you
Whatever we were to each other, that we still are
Call me by my old familiar name
Speak to me in the easy way which you always used
Put no difference in your tone
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me
Let my name be ever the household word it always was
Let it be spoken without effect, without a trace of a shadow on it
Life means all that it ever meant
It is the same as it ever was
There is absolutely unbroken continuity
Why should I be out of mind becasue I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you for an interval
Somewhere very near, just around the corner
All is well
Henry Scott Holland (1847-1918)
Canon of St Paul's Cathedral
Written and Designed by Sol for Amber at Mystic Familiar 2004