Today, they send your ashes back to the dust and whisper words over what is left.
Today, they smile and cry and hug and talk of days gone by.
Today, they join together to pay respect to what your life had been.
Today, they push away at the edges of sadness to continue forward.
Today,
they do these things, but not I.
Today, I do not send your ashes back, because you are already in a better place. I would not have the cold, wet ground for you.
Today, I will smile because I love you with continued ferocity, although my tears will drip across my grin.
Today I remember how you are, not how you were because the ones that lived fully with you, are with you still.
Today, I will not push away the sadness if I don’t want to because I know that you would rather have me be true to myself, than ever do what is right for the masses.
Today, I will go on loving you, forever and always,
till our hearts dance together again.
