In Tribute

Good day. I trust you are well, and are finding joy in the pleasures of summer. 
In early June, I experienced three funerals within a nine-day period. Among other things, this prompted me to contemplate again the fragility and transience of life, and indeed, my own mortality. As I mourn the passing of personal friends, I am also struck by heartbreaking catastrophes currently in the news, including the horrific loss of lives in the Texan floods… And in tribute, I share the poem below. 
To you who presently walk this valley of grief: blessed shalom!