Island of Dreams
Someone is Missing
HEAR IT
Someone is missing˜ a crafter of quiet,
A beacon of love in the midst of riot;
Someone whose laughter scattered the thunder,
Someone who saw through eyes of wonder;
Someone who reckoned hate a blindness,
Someone who smothered fault with kindness;
Someone who wore her learning lightly,
Someone whose gentleness chided us slightly;
Someone who fashioned her heart a palace,
Someone whose innocence walled out malice;
Someone who harnessed hurt to healing,
Someone who knew just how you were feeling;
Someone whose painterly eye saw through you,
Someone who loved you before she knew you;
Someone who never called in her marker:
Someone is missing. And life is darker.
December, 2006
(for Patsy Fisher 1932 - 2006)
