i always thought you would dance at my wedding
and i never really thought you could die
will you know when i fall in love?
will you be dancing somewhere, in spirit with me?
promise i will try so hard
to make you proud
i know you loved me and i love you still, forever
so hard to let go
why must it hurt so much,
to let you be at peace?
as days go by, i will remember
the way you were, proud of me, and smiling
encouraging me, always telling me
how much you loved me, and i will remember
how you took care of me for a week
and how you loved me for a lifetime
pictures of living moments, caught forever
in the instant
i loved to see you laugh
and i hated to see you hurt
and i will always wish i could have seen you
dancing at my wedding

Claire Weiser Stern
15 October 1907 - 20 October 1998

may her memory be for a blessing


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