all that i am

this bright little place
once
held
a gift
given
unexpected unsought
now fading
becoming
as it should
I mourn
I ache
I'm sad in that way
of alone
that I've known
when a hospice person dies
and...there is no one
who can share it
the time was real
intense
but out of normal
not ordinary
extraordinarily exceedingly beyond anything asked for or even thought
how precious
how grateful
for such a time
for a season
to know
deep and abiding
sweet
presence