For Mary Helen

2/17/02

One Who Was All-Beautiful

One who was all-beautiful in life

Was no less so when death called out her name,

The candle as it yields its final flame

Grows brighter still and she, both friend and wife

Illumined all my days by her delight

And never shall a shadow come between

A love that rarely on this earth is seen,

Disciple on the shining paths of light.