how often we forget how time and coinciding factors
can affect the outcome of our daily lives.

a toast to those who are no longer with us.
You are dearly and severely missed.

A part of me dies.
Each and every time
a loved one passes on.

Only the memories remain,
however fleetingly they linger about
in our thoughts,
the familiar smells, sights,
sounds, mannerisms.
All but recordings of
what's past..

A toast to all our dearly departed.
You are sorely missed.