The days of spring are lengthening as winter nights retreat,
The Earth adopts a new attire from Sun's advancing heat,
And we are met again one year from that defining day
When you departed from our midst and blessed us on our way.
To celebrate this anniversary is not thereby
To slip into nostalgia or dwell upon the past.
You urged us to pursue our paths without you by our sides,
And this we do while keeping safe a place where you reside.
Your last request we honour - to accept finality -
Save that to grieve is human and deep memories will last,
Though still throughout the turbulence that marks the life of man
The hopeful heart obeys the urge to love because it can.
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