Sometimes spirits leave us
when they are ready
and go on to other places
we know nothing of
taking flight to fill their
own visions and
although they might have
chosen to stay with us
and feel sad at parting
their wings spread
and become strong
even as they let go of
their fragility that
remains here with us.
Their spirits catch new
updrafts of air
lifting them up
and they see flowers
that provide a quilt
of beauty over our
world that we do not see
with our earthly vision
and the heavens
open up to them
and the angels’
arms are strong
and warm.
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