Reflection on Loss and Remembrance

October 7th,

morning came

like any other day.

Coffee on the table,

children out to play.

A kiss goodbye, a closing door.

Who could have known

there'd be no more?

October

7th. Dark clouds in heaven.

Today, no anger.

Today, no fear.

Today, no questions.

Only tears.

Today, we

sit

in silence.

Today,

we just remember.

Remember the dancing.

Remember the song.

Remember the arms where a

child

belonged. A mother's

voice,

a father's smile.

Someone saying, "Stay

a while."

Hands in the earth,

feet in the sand.

Two people walking hand in

hand. October

7th. Dark clouds in heaven.

Today, no anger.

Today, no fear.

Today, no questions.

Only tears.

Today, we

sit

in silence.

Today,

we just remember.

If they only had one more day.

One more day.

One more morning.

One more morning.

One more embrace.

One more embrace.

One more dance beneath the stars. One more

child held in their arms. One more

sunrise on the land. One more

chance to hold a hand. If they

only had

one more

day.

Not how they died,

how they lived.

Not what was taken,

what they gave.

One more laugh,

one more song.

One more place where they

belonged.

October

7th.

Dark clouds in heaven.

Today, no anger.

Today, no fear.

Today, no

questions. Just

silence.

Just love.

Just remember.

Today,

we just

remember.