Someone please stop the falling of sand
Through the cruel hourglass of time
Hold the winds and silence the waves
Make this pause only mine
I have to remember so many
People, places, smells and sights
Taste of salt in the air I breathed
All of my living and it’s many delights
Remember my love
Enduring and sweet
How the lamp shone through
Morning’s fog on my street
Remember the family
that my blood bound
And the one just as precious
That the soul found
I don’t want to take anything with me
I travel light as you can see
Let me linger just a breath or two more
To say my good-bye and set you free
Elusive Silence 