By Dorothy Aldis
Date: 25 April 1998

WORDS

Now she is gone
Like a flight of wild birds,
And things that were words before
And more than words.

Courage and Loyalty,
Humor and Pride -
These are the weapons
She used till she died.

Love gives life meaning
In a look, in a breath,
But never so truly
Or deeply as death.

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