by pa cockle

Created on: March 01, 2009   Last Updated: April 02, 2009

Stay For A While

March on my souls
from fires lament,
freed from your bodies
all charred and bent,
walk through your kin
pass spirits free
stay for a while
before coming to me.

Help those left
who mourn for you
to carry on living
and see life though.
Think on the good times,
not dwell on the bad
so stay for a while
to comfort a tad.

The weight of the spirit
passed on to your clan
will float you toward me
to leave the essence of man.
Regaining their strength
their courage will flow,
your spirit inside them
will guide where to go.

So stay for a while
Float around and be free
Touch all you have known
Then come back to me.

To the Victims and Survivors
Of Ash Saturday
Vic. Aust. Feb. 2009

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