Still Here

So many deaths

Not just bodies

But, hearts and minds

Friends, family

Beloved pets

I know as well as I know

Anything that they are 

Most likely better off

Than they were here

At least at the end of

Their lives, animated by

Blood and Breath

Whether by accident

Sudden disease or 

Long term illness

They are now released

From their bodies

Hopefully, fluttering around

In some spiritually 

Uplifting space

Whatever heaven may be

For them

And here we are

Left, abandoned

Sad and sorrowful

Full of tears and 

So much more

We who treasured them

We miss them

Or the they who they were

Before the downfall

Before the diagnosis

Before the wreck

We are grateful to

Have known them

Loved them

Rejoiced with them

Cried with them

Now we cry alone

Along with all those

Who loved them too

Knowing that we still

Rub up against their

Energies some days

In whatever form

We feel them

As if they are still here

And, they are