are sea gulls musical? all i know
is that they are pecking at the wind
above your final resting place. You,
who were a lasting brightness,
an irreverent song,
a vision holding fire.

you could hear the luminance
of the dove and deer inside
every person you met and called friend.
your life was the cloud-covered sun
wasting no time on regrets--
when your time came, you faced heaven
without hesitation or shame