Ash

“Some of us walk alone, now that the beloved has gone before. And yet we are not alone. For a presence remains and a memory sweetens with age and the heart is still warm with a glow never seen on land or sea, the light of a oneness that cannot be broken, even by death. Hear our prayer, O God, for all those who love each other in these perilous times, and grant that their love shall not be shattered by the sound of fury. The darker the night, let its light be brighter.”
― Carl Heath Kopf, Personal Crisis