CAMILLE

Your light snuffed out like this candleI light in commemoration Not permitted full potentialNever reaching maturation
Your flame put out prematurely, Wounds my heart like a sword surelyMichael requests positive energy To help her on her journey
Light a single white candle at sunsetBlue, yellow and red flames ascendMany loved you, will not forgetI would redo, make amends
Stopped literally in your tracksFlames soar; see you clutching red wine Forced before time to pay death taxPassion and spine created your shine
You were like my sister, my familyJoey recalled movie class, your arm Resting on his shoulders, your words Softly spoke, a blue rhapsody
Short winded, precise and clearOwned the gift of reparteeCamille possessed much flairWith her, no boredom guarantee
Times gone, I snuff the candles lightMy mind’s eye reminiscencesMemories live, my delightDeath abandons all; relentless