Rosemarie

The body is gone but her soul lives on and on,

All beauty of the earth it shall retain,

The devotion and undying love of one

Who lived alone for her, and when the pain

Of her departure lessens with the years

Will remember laughter and the joy they shared,

Awakenings to greater truths, the fears

They vanquished and the challenges they dared

To find that love could deepen and make whole

Two separate beings joined soul to soul.

Now she has soared beyond our earthbound sight

But casts on us her sweetness and her light.