"Into The Light"

This is my Uncle Jack and his wife Joan, at my late Mother's 80th Birthday, 2005.  My Mother was his only sister. 

For all my family, my thoughts of wise Uncle Jack, who shed this mortal coil and became light on 6/1/2007. 

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Light into light - into that One Great and bright,

here, now, but somehow gone from our sight;

It's a light of joy!

This man, once a boy,

a husband, a father, a brother -

his sister, my mother, a light herself it seems,

came to meet him, with a smile -

and walk him into our dreams.

Now, for awhile,

we cry alone - we're human, we're prone;

But oh such a Light!

He is at peace, embraced by Our Lord

merciful, eternal and pure -

of that I am sure,

like the perfect chord.

He can never die, I say,

for he'll always be thought of -

and we can cry, it's okay -

for he has become love

to help light our way.

csr

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Thank you, Uncle Jack, for your intelligent humor and wise patience.  Safe journey - visit me often.