For our dear friend Cheryl Pratt

[Gabrielle Dean]

As your eyes focus on each face,
May your soul take its imprint
Drawing each image within
As companions for the journey.

May you see the reflection
Of your life's kindness and beauty
In all the tears that fall for you.

May you find for each one you love
A different locket of jewelled words
To be worn around the heart
To warm your absence

May there be some beautiful surprise 
Waiting for you inside death,
Something you never knew or felt,
Which with one simple touch
Absolves you of all loneliness and loss,
As you quicken within the embrace
For which your soul was eternally made.

John O’Donohue -Blessing for one who is dying