five

Is five years enough to make any sense out of losing E?  I want to feel that he walked away into something finer where all the answers are found and then don't matter any more.  As it happens someone far more gifted than me already told us that was true, years ago.

Figures it would be George Harrison and "All Things Must Pass."  But why did it take me till early this year to stop and listen to this song for the first time?
* * *
Sunrise doesn't last all morning
A cloudburst doesn't last all day
Seems my love is up and has left you with no warning
It's not always going to be this gray

All things must pass
All things must pass away

Sunset doesn't last all evening
A mind can blow those clouds away
After all this, my love is up and must be leaving
It's not always going to be this gray

All things must pass
All things must pass away
All things must pass

None of life's strings can last
So, I must be on my way
And face another day

Now the darkness only stays the night-time
In the morning it will fade away
Daylight is good at arriving at the right time
It's not always going to be this gray

All things must pass.
All things must pass away.
* * *

Why must they pass?  Because something new must evolve in turn.  As Erik has.  As we must hope and strive to do.  Close your eyes for a moment, feel joy and generosity and freedom - you are reaching for the door of Erik's new house.

-- Andree