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Something deeply kind

as rain is kind

and bright

like sun sparkling on

running water

Constant, like the love

of robins for each other

for the fledgling

As strong as a hawk's wing

is strong

meeting the edge of air

As brave as parenting:

what's loved can always

be lost

Quick as laughter

Tender as song

Good

and loving friend

I'm sorrowful

you are gone

The simple pain

of breathing in a world

where you are not

Yet choose, yes choice,

to see you free

and riding wild and clear

again

Wholly yourself, spark among

spark, along the ringing marges

of the nebulae

waiting for us

to come home