Matthew’s Song

Although death has given me yet another name,

I am the same as I have always been, ...

I am no further away from life than life is from itself.

I have done no more than turn a corner,

cross a bridge, and accept myself

as one who travels lighter, ...

I live where I have always lived, ...in the thoughts of others,

in the magnificence of flowers, ...

in the center of the wind.

I am well, ...  

for there is no greater honor than to be carried forward

by those I cherished before I was given another name,

and I am better knowing

 that my gifts

will journey further by way of gentle hands, ...

my light, my love, ...my joy, ...

these gifts, I know, ...will touch the children of tomorrow,

through all those whom I have loved.

We have

 always been one, ...

we are not more separate now

 than when we walked together beneath the stars.

I am here, beside you, ...

I am in every blade of grass, ...I am in the laughter of every child, ...

I am in the songs of the sparrow, the music of the rain,

and the wings of a butterfly, ...

I am the sunlight on the river, ...the soft blue of the sky,

and the cool lavender shadows, which bend

 along the mountainside.

Yes, I am here,

where I have always been, ...

within the promises I have kept, ...the dreams I have shared,

and within the hearts of those who I carry within mine.

I am here, because this is my home, ...

and this is the place where I can always be found, ...

right here, ...where I am loved, ...

right here, ...next to you.

- Heather K. O'Hara -

In loving memory of my stepson, Matthew Tracey Leong

April 19, 1976 - October 6, 2002

from

AXIS, The Song in the Center of the Soul

Matthew's Song ©2005 Heather K. O'Hara www.Quantum-Grace.com

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