CAMILLE

Your light snuffed out like this candle

I light in commemoration

Not permitted full potential

Never reaching maturation

Your flame put out prematurely,

Wounds my heart like a sword surely

Michael requests positive energy

To help her on her journey

Light a single white candle at sunset

Blue, yellow and red flames ascend

Many loved you, will not forget

I would redo, make amends

Stopped literally in your tracks

Flames soar; see you clutching red wine

Forced before time to pay death tax

Passion and spine created your shine

You were like my sister, my family

Joey recalled movie class, your arm

Resting on his shoulders, your words

Softly spoke, a blue rhapsody

Short winded, precise and clear

Owned the gift of repartee

Camille possessed much flair

With her, no boredom guarantee

Times gone, I snuff the candles light

My mind’s eye reminiscences

Memories live, my delight

Death abandons all; relentless