I thought I saw you

I thought I saw you the other day,

I turned to smile at a stranger in my way.

I felt your breath brush against my cheek

As I caught your perfume pass me in the street.

I still hear your laugh, I can see your eyes

Reflected in the glass, a light that never dies.

I feel you live in the tapping of my hands

A passed on gesture, the unresolved plans

Of your prayers for us, only just begun,

As you live on in me, you live on in my sons.

So I let go of the pain for today, for a while,

And I turn to that stranger and I give them your smile.

Alex Sains 03/11/24

Written on the way home from the All Souls service to remember those we have loved and lost.