sweet life

for James E. Hendrick, July 10, 1998

sweet man
   living a simple
      life; loving his
      wife, receiving
      love; loving
      his daughters,
      receiving
   love.

there is no
   end to this
      loving. & those
      who loved him
      carry his love
      in their hearts
      like gentle
   fire.

It’s this never
   dying flame of
      love that makes
      life glow; &
      this never ending
      glow that makes
      death
sweet.