She Lived in The Hush Of life

She lived in the hush of life, 

free from the discord of the world.

She moved in a different kind of light,

in a path where angels whispered their comings and goings,

where truths were absolute and breathed in stone,

where teardrops evaporated into an eternal aurora.

In the chambers of her heart, a promise flowered

and pollinated and enriched her being.

In the evening, as she moved about the kitchen,

her fingers linear and alive created an aroma

that simmered in the space of her family's life.

Her symphony was the clink of a glass, the clank of a pot,

the chink of a spoon, laced by the song of her soul.

It would pour onto the earth, a call for the family to gather,

and we would come, appearing in the evening blue:

fireflies circling a pilgrim's candlelight.

Around the kitchen table, in an unbroken circle,

the youngest son would string notes together.

A progression that dispersed light in an even glow.

Congas resonated in gentle waves, tambourines released

the spirit, and light whirled and pulsated.

Her daughters would layer the song into second and third

then weave it in a harmony of delights.

We were saturated in vibrant warmth.

And so it went, late into the evening: the earth arced away,

the stars curved away, the moon dissolved into white,

and her sons played, and her daughters sang.

And by and by,

and by and by

through a corridor of fluttering light,

her husband passed through the wall of her life

and entered the unbroken circle, his tenor a breath in her lungs.

And by and by,

and by and by,

her father and mother passed into her life

and entered the unbroken circle, their song inhaled into her lungs.

And in the midnight of her hour, her brothers and sisters also gathered

and wove their song into her breath.

And so we circled

her candlelight

in a path where angels whispered

their comings and goings,

where truths were absolute

and breathed in stone,

where teardrops evaporated

into an eternal aurora.

In the hush

of her life

we released her.

In honor

and love

we released her.