On the Death of the Beloved John O ’ Donohue
Though we need to weep your loss , You dwell in that safe place in our hearts Where no storm on night or pain can reach you . Your love was like the dawn Brightening over our lives , Awakening beneath the dark A further adventure of colour . The sound of your voice Found for us A new music That brightened everything . Whatever you enfolded in your gaze Quickened in the joy of its being ; You placed smiles like flowers On the altar of the heart , Your mind always sparkled With the wonder at things . Though your days here were brief , Your spirit was alive , awake , complete . We look towards each other no longer From the old distance of our names ; Now you dwell inside the rhythm of breath , As close to us as we are to ourselves .