Agostino Sanelli: 20-8-1933 ~ 2-7-2015
I am sad for us
Even the last goodbye is gone
Now the earth has claimed you as her own.
Now we hold the many yesterdays
When we nurtured our dreams
Over tables of food
Family banter yelling enthusiasm
Dreaming our futures
Telling the past
You singing and dancing for life.
We shared our children in laughter
And sometimes tears for our hurts
Watching the young ones grow
Watching the old ones die
We worked together to make something
Like so many fibres
Twisted into the yarns
That tied our families together.
I am sad for us
For my sisters and brothers
For our children – your grandchildren
Who carried your body goodbye
Sad for tomorrow and the distance
Between here and goodbye.