Blessing

Poem by Susan H. Bowker

See us gathered here, 

our minds encircling you,

each holding part of your grandness, 

all beyond our knowing.

May you feel our sadness

in every touch and story told, 

a canyon of loss in our midst

so unfathomably deep. 

May you hear our song,

sung through times to come 

echoes of tunes that are part of you 

and shared with each of us.

And may you know your place 

settling firmly in our hearts 

like roots already spread

deep and wide forever.