Andrew and Archie

For Andrew, a beloved nephew and cousin, with our love Auntie Anne, Andy and Jacinta

What are you now then?

A thought on the wind?

A balance of spirit and air?

A released mind?

You are more, more than this

Though sometimes seem less,

You are the pain death is

And yet you bless

Let me not intervene,

Mark my shadow where

Only you now have been,

Your spirit is there

Where at best faith carries the heart,

You are both air,

And earth and you are part

Of a disciplined fire,

Let my missing you be

What sometimes prayer

Is when it moves free.

Let me find you there.

from: More than an Elegy by Elizabeth Jennings