Wesley Garner

friends spoke with such elegance and grace

family with heart and loving appreciation

 music was divine

 food was wonderful

the outpouring sincere

and as I drove away

my heart was in the desert

longing for my best friend

to listen to and be heard

I know I was not alone

I know everyone was in the same place

there was no justice in the system of life

today is the first day of the rest of my life

I have new challenges to face

I have new friends to make

I have the whole world ahead of me

my tragedy to overcome is that I have lost my best friend

in the world

as I knew it

I know I will be lost for a while in my grief

I know that I will overcome the sadness but never the loss

I have new songs to write in my heart and the ones I love as I go forward

I have these children to love and embrace and support in their life expanding experience

I am universal in my belief that life goes on

pain happens

I must live fully engaged to the end of my life as Craig has shown me

                                                                                                                        the way

always allowing myself

to think

I am the luckiest guy in the world