Dear loved ones I know it seems like I am gone

That God robbed me from your arms leaving you alone.

But verily I declare on this day to you,

That when one is within Christ they are one not two.

See when one passes beyond life’s fragile thin veil,

They become one with the Lord free from life’s travail.

So while I can not be seen by your human eyes,

I now exist where God does only in disguise.

I’m the breeze dancing through your hair on a warm day.

I’m the sound of rustling leaves when skies fade to gray.

I’m the warmth of the sun splashing upon your skin.

I’m the light of the Son that shines bright from within.

Even though you can not behold my skin’s embrace,

I am anything but gone just within God’s grace.

– For Patrick Joseph Aquilone who had just passed

– Wirtten on July 30, 2011