'Tis a fearful thing
to love what death can touch.
A fearful thing
to love, to hope
to dream, to be
to be,
and oh, to lose.
A thing for fools, this
and a holy thing-
a holy thing, to love.
For your life has lived in me,
Your laugh once lifted me,
your word was gift to me.
To remember this brings painful joy.
'Tis a human thing to love,
a holy thing to love
what death has touched.
Yehuda HaLevi
Beloved Duke
went to Rainbow Bridge
August 13, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.
