We do not grieve
our loss today
but rather grieve
what cannot be
tomorrow.
Before today,
although separated
by time, distance, memory,
we always knew
the potential
held by tomorrow.
And now that is lost.
We grieve today
holding the past
close to our heart
imagining only
what should have been,
what could have been,
what might have been
What we have forever
is what we have today.
And of that
we can choose
joy or sorrow,
hope or dismay,
God’s love
or not.