Skin, soft and fragile as marigold petals Bones thin as papier-mâché Holding the shape of a person I love Holding together our bodies of clay
Candles, dimming light behind the eyes Weary wind slipping through parched lips Sweet and weak the voice of a person I love Spirit readying voyage on vanishing ships
All people are like grass, And all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.