In Honor of Love Surpassing Time

Ashes drift swiftly
over ocean waves
to settle down
into the deep
where lovers meet.

Uncle Gene has passed
to join his beloved
Auntie Helen
in a lover’s dance over the waves.

Married after many marriages
their love grew strong
supporting each other
through unprecedented loss of a beloved daughter
and a son-in-law  who died later of a broken heart.

Their love blessed our marriage
Great Aunt Helen only approved
my marriage to her favorite niece’s son
after tasting the magic
of Mom’s applesauce spice cake
made with my nervously loving hands
in the desert of Arizona.
Together they moved to
beloved Hawaii
to spend their waning years
in beauty
in color
in peace.

But Auntie Helen
left too soon
her ashes flying
and sinking
beyond Gene’s reach.

Gene lived on
with loving hands supporting him
until the time came
for him to let go.

95 years old.

His ashes will soon
drift swiftly
over ocean waves
to settle down
into the deep
where lovers meet.

RIP Uncle Gene 1917-2012

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