I lay there
In the floor
Staring into the ceiling
Thinking about all that I took for granted
How abruptly it all stopped
How many times I said things like
“You can vent to me anytime. Or we can sit in silence.”
And how right now, you can’t even sit in silence and hold one another …
I think about reading to you
And how the silences were
I think about winter, when the snow is fresh and the ice has something to say, covering everything in the morning….
I still have so much to say
I’m afraid I don’t know how
I’m afraid for all of us
I’m just afraid
Live your life
Live it fully
The silences
The paragraphs
The breaks
Live it unashamedly
Live it fully
Every moment
The sadness
The pain
The joy
Live it
Be aware of it
Be aware of yourself
And this life
And your place in it
Let us not go silently
Alone
Let us go beautifully
Like falling stars
Aware of the time
And that all of this is brief
You’re doing it right
Stay
Stay
Live to fight so many more days
Let your souls light be like the morning, I have no doubt, after this midnight, we all will be moved by your rise…
Regarding Samuel 