Grieving~'Tis a Fearful Thing to Love What Death Can Touch'

Tis a Fearful Thing

‘Tis a fearful thing 
to love what death can touch.

A fearful thing 
to love, to hope, to dream, to be--to be,

And oh, to lose.

A thing for fools, this,

And a holy thing,

a holy thing

to love.

'Tis a Human Thing, Love

For your life has lived in me, 
your laugh once lifted me,

your word was gift to me.

To remember this brings painful joy. 
‘Tis a human thing, love, 
a holy thing, to love 
what death has touched.

Yehuda HaLevi 1075 – 1141

Remembering brings Painful Joy

'Tis a Human Thing, Love

Thanks to my good friend, Deb, for sharing this poem, 'Tis a Fearful Thing'--written so long ago on the painful joy of 'loving that what death can touch'. 

With the past year bringing so many profound losses to so many people I felt compelled to share--while pondering myself the holy decision to love again.

'Tis a Holy Thing to Love

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