we can't speak into your grief
and don't presume to relieve it
all we can offer are prayers
in the name of one who was lost
and now is also lost for words
may God be with you
where you are right now
and wherever you may find yourself
may God be with you
in the warm tears
and in cold comfort
in this dimming twilight
and into the long night
may God be with you
in the strong embrace
and through the long loneliness
may God be with you
in whispered comfort
and awkward silence
may God be with you
in this impossible loss
and the eternal why?
may God be with us
living and dying and
ending and beginning
there seems no end to it all
and all keeps beginning
despite it all
so at the end of all
we hold to that uncertain why
that inevitable ending
that brings us face to face
may God be with you