A gift to us like a queen like a summer when it rains like a song when silence rings like the songs that you would sing Did you know they made me smile and make me laugh in times like now? Your life a gem in the grain the joy of your stories on this day Like hating being called "tiny" or "cute" Though your life was larger than you knew Or maybe you did know and we missed in seeing you as you are: a gift. Even though some days it will rain And the rain and numbing silence remain Do you know your love, your life, a gift we have? Do you know your song will never end? ~ your brother David