Abstention

Once I did not write
25 days
Fasting from the pen
A duration
Commemorating your life
Short, but
Impactful
Seldom live
As well as you dared
With strength and courage
Calling us into action
Demanding that we
Truly live
Each moment abundantly
Not a day has passed
Without my thoughts turning to you
That long walk from
A dark car to your grave
The image of you
In your father's arms
Reminds me of your
Huge life and the
Love you gave

--Shenandoah Lynd