"Pleasure and action make the hours seem short." ••William Shakespeare

 

My heart

In all its brokenness

Will always look for you

Chasing down

A familiar scent

Following the trail

Of a favorite memory,

Relentless in its pursuit.

Every morning,

Feeling the ache

Of that now familiar wound

Of navigating a life, a story

Whose chapters were too few.

But, what a legacy you’ve left

In the chapters you were here,

And what a story that you’ve left

A love that perseveres.

My heart

In all its hopefulness

Will always look for you

Cherishing these

Sometimes painful memories,

Holding them tightly

To feel you with me too.

Your absence brings

A deep and lingering ache

But your love

Persists here too,

A bond that will never break

That will comfort and continue.

So, it seems

No matter what I do,

My heart will always look for you.

In everything I do.

In every memory, old and new.

My heart will always look for you.

-Liz Newman