Terra, you were beautiful
your wide, sweet face
and curving markings
were divine, they were
and I sit here wondering
how to write your queenly bearing
into words to let my friend feel
you are close, in fact,
will never leave. Your small body just
decoupled from the light
that always was and is you.
And Terra, thank you
for coming, and making an opening
a way for my friends to love freely
completely, so joyfully
in a world where
that is scary shit.
And this is what remains.
