Kindred

Well one day I met you

I fell in love

In love with your spirit

Your smile

That ever present twinkle in your eyes.

A likened soul recognizing the other

You saw me as I was

Young, curious, a little shy, a little mischievous.

Time would unfold your kindness and grace

As it turned our worlds around together

Weaving this beautiful tapestry of bloodlines, 

Of bonds deeper than just flesh. 

You were who I idolized, 

Who I admired, 

And who I looked at with wonder and awe.

I felt my spirit grow to meet yours, 

At yours.

I felt the kindred I will not feel again. 

You were from my father’s side.

A side, for me, riddled with pain and judgment, 

But you were different. 

You met me as a child and grown at the same time.

Maybe you saw in me, what I couldn’t express at the time.

You were an angel on earth

Now in a heaven and realm we hope to meet again. 

And yet I feel you still

Telling me to calm my heart, 

To soften my spirit,

To ask my soul to soar higher than any of us can I imagine. 

To meet you at your greatest desires. 

For us not simply to continue on, 

But for us to passionately and hungrily 

Grab onto life and live it in ever full, 

Exciting, 

And softening moment 

To its maximum heights.

It’s how you lived your flesh and bone life

Here while you were with us. 

It’s what we all saw, witnessed

And were blessed by in you, 

Until your soul parted from your flesh body.

I hear you whisper to live. 

To love. 

To be kind. 

To show grace and 

To celebrate

The beauty in every single breath and moment. 

I hear you telling me not to fear. 

To be vulnerable. 

To shed every tear and sadness I feel. 

To love myself and all those I hold dear

Without fear of rejection.

To be limitless in all that life has to offer me. 

And I will listen. 

I honour your life and all the lives of everyone before and after,

By saying

Thank you dear cousin.

I love you 

And will see you in my dreams.