FOR BRIAN


Words are like water.  They flow over and around you and immerse you in empathy.  You can feel their warmth or feel their coldness.  They seep into the crevices and cracks; they soften your resolve.

Words are like stone.  Hard and unyielding they are the foundation of our world. Great fortresses are built by stacking them, one upon the other.  Carelessly thrown, a word strikes hard and bruises deep.

Words are like the wind.  Mysterious and ethereal a spoken word is never seen, deeply felt but never held.  They skip across the miles effortlessly and given time, words can erode the mightiest edifice.

Words are like fire.  Words can light the world, illuminate with substance and chase away cold ignorance.
 
Words are like a fishing net. I hope my words will hold everything I want them to say, but I know they cannot possibly hold sufficient meaning.  My words are small. Cast on a great sea, too much is left unsaid. 

How powerless I am to comfort you with mere words.  How fruitless is my attempt to assuage a grief so deeply felt, a loss so closely held.  Damned by ineloquence I will simply say - I love you. 


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