Lost

He just buried his wife…amid a trail of tears… Their good long life together spanning 77 years.. He spoke at her grave and as I watched him… as the tears of his sadness flowed I couldn't help but be captivated by the words he there bestowed: "When I think of my wife….and the life we shared from the day our paths first crossed "What stands out in my memory the most, " he said, "are all the times that I've been lost." "All the evenings sleeping by her side, every beautiful sunrise every time I stopped to look at her… I was lost within her eyes. I was lost within her smile…within her voice, within her charms… lost within her laughter, within her sadness…within her arms. When I think back on our life together, these are the moments I will miss like all the times throughout our life…I was lost within her kiss… Now I find myself lost in silence with thoughts drifting on about her and I know until we're together again I will be lost without her…." As the funeral ended, as people departed, as the candles all were dimmed I found myself hoping one day I too would be lost… lost in life… lost in love… just like him.