Vessel

Posted by Brad Osborne on June 28, 2021 · 20 Comments 

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Dedicated to my good friend, Rain Alchemist, who has recently lost his mother. My thoughts and love are with you as you find your path ahead.

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The vessel has seen its last

To ground, the body cast

Yet the spirit does remain

Now free from every pain

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Witnessed by angelic eyes

A loving son still survives

Burdened by the loss

Bearing a troubled cross

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For him, time still a measure

But she has become the forever

Something that will always be

Though vessel you do not see

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And, if to him she could speak

Whispered in a kiss to cheek

Forever could be explained

As the her in him retained

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Then simpler words would do

For this mother’s love so true

“It has always been this you,

that my forever holds onto.”

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