Letting you go

Standing there weeping                                                    

He saw the young girl he’d wed

Many years ago

trusting eyes 

full of love

looking shyly

alone in the crowd         

of jovial guests                                                                    

of tenderness

of belonging

of bonding

creating a family                                                                  

working together

laughing at nonsense

walking in the rain

of touching                                                                                                               

of breathing

of creating

of caring

swimming in the sea                                                         

strolling on the sand

enjoying the family

now letting you go

Then the oration                                                                 

Looking over the coffin 

And saying goodbye