Did you hear the toast?
The words that mean the most

Uttered in the black of night
Spoken whilst sipping a dram
Words of love, not fright
Words spoken to a beloved “Gram”

Did you hear hopes and wishes clear
Happy for you to be finally free from here

Free from the shrouds that muddled time and place
Causing you to forget name and face

Free from the struggle to know
What was real, what was illusion
Free to fly and sparkle and glow
One with the Universe, joined by miraculous fusion

Did you hear the words urging you to go?
Urging you to be with those you held so dear
Did you hear us tell you that we know
Your time was up and you had to leave from here

We listened for so long
Those last days and hours
Our voices low, singing your favorite song
Your breathing keeping time with ours

Came the dawn you chose to leave
The Sun hot upon the land, leaving it burnt and sere
You left for us the task to grieve
You left for us to remain here

We cried, we spoke of better days
We spoke of all the things, all the ways
You graced our lives, for so many a year

Did you hear?