A cheerful silence
Finds rest among
These traveling reflections

The hearth still burns
Bereft of her mesmerized kin
And it soothes only me
In these placid and mournful hours

To breathe easily
With a full and thankful heart
To convene with memory
Shall remain my most treasured gift

And with warm bones
I’ll peacefully sink
Into the folds
Of a tranquil sleep