In Loving Memory

To the ones who thought true love was always further down the road,
To the ones who find life amidst the brokenness and growth,
To the ones who hide their anguish to help others cope with theirs,
To the ones who pursue happiness through bottomless despair,
To the ones who battle heartache and who overcome their sorrow,
To the ones who traded yesterday to dream about tomorrow,
To the ones who run their races not for glory or for pride,
But simply to experience the joy of every stride.
To those who see tragedy as opportunity to grow,
To the ones who risk it all when there's no where left to go.
To the ones who find their sunshine on the cloudiest of days,
And who find life's purest beauty in the errors of our ways...
It's through circumstance we realize and through changes that we see
That life passes by too quickly to wait to chase our dreams.

[August 2007]