In Tribute

In tribute - - - - - - - So he is gone To a land yet unknown Faces around could be read Red, purple and red And tears-filled eyes said Intact his breath could not be held Passing through days so hectic and passionate As lately as today unhidden was his ioy to the fullest Joy of a rarest kind it sounded Earthly yet heavenly it seemed Unto ecstasy drowned and drowned Until he saw a new home around To home away from home he is gone With joy resting upon his lips halcyon To betoken life leaving for life in heaven Oh, what a cordial visage discerned then That we looked trifle The world fanciful And things around so hateful That he loved to be grasped of such an artful Though not unto cognizance of his essence Perchance transpiring him into a state of blissfulness That he was through and through Till my tearful eyes bade him adieu