Always

Poetry has come to me since Jim's death almost exclusively when I have been feeling sorrowful.

What I wrote today has come from a place not so dark and not from my own point of view. I find myself surprised.

Always

I am as I always was
Near unto your heart
Behind the chair
My hand on your shoulder
As always I was in life

I am as I always was
Loving you dear and true
Though my body left this place
My spirit is always within you.

I am as I always was
Your harbor in the storm
My light within in yours
To guide your path to mine

I am as I always will be
Alive within your dreams
Warm, breathing, strong
Holding you as you sleep

I am as I always will was
Are and will be
The compass to your ship
Upon this turbulent sea

Fear not losing your way
To land on stranger shores
My light lives within you still
To find the place where you will stand
Afraid to live no more.