Livestream Uitvaart

"The Sublime"
Life is dwindling but your head is serene
Your body's giving up but not so your mind
You're eager still, your curiosity keen,
All feeling and sense of a singular kind

We bridge the years and return to old trust
Mature of age we recover the past
We speak without limits, we know that we must
Time's slipping through our fingers too fast

On how many occasions may we meet again
Your life shortening as quick candles burn?
Is Christmas or Easter the moment when
You'll depart from us and never return?

You appear to be ready for your last travel:
One that may the sublime unravel…
Barcelona 21 Oct 2020


"Master of All"
Inspiration of old, jack of many trades
Master of all, self-expression the rule
Large you loomed in my dark teen shades
A role model of sorts, kind kin and so cool

Whatever you touched would turn into gold
Whether art or craft, music or talk,
All would into bright beauty unfold
All paths you could take, all of them walk

Your sensibility uncommon, a feminine trait
Gave me a sense of direction in life
I saw I should act and not chance to wait
Refuse to sulk, avoid lonely strife

And as we're reaching the end of your road
I know now how to cope with life's load
BCN 21 Oct 2020

"Noli Me Tangere"

It’s time’s to say goodbye and salute,
To take my leave and let you go.
There are some issues still in dispute,
But I'll no longer resist life's flow

I've shared what I could, no more to say,
I've waited for answers that never came.
I would like to fathom and further stay
But you've reached the end of life’s fast flame.

I'll never know what you felt for me:
You'll take your heart to your grave.
Mere incident on your path, I'd be,
Or part of your love we all crave?

Farewell dear uncle, take all my best
I wish you all love, firm peace and full rest.
BCN, 17 Feb 2021