Sarah’s Farewell Now comes New Winter’s Day the shortest of the year Not much time to say goodbye to those held dear The path to Sarah’s house is filled now with snow A good one to bitch and grouse she said it’s time for me to go And so she just stopped eating and convened a celebration She stood at the door a-greeting the whole damn congregation All her friends came that day Their feelings were complex Some felt nothing but dismay Some danced the ice-cold deck Calmly and peacefully one day with people who loved her dearly she silently slipped away her way Sarah knew her mind so clearly It is easy to miss someone who loved my cooking so On this day of little sun I feel an afterglow We thought she was full gone but I found a message in her desk “Miss me but do not mourn I lived well and better than the rest”
