For a Friend

For my friend who committed suicide. Also for those who've loved, lost, and remembered.

Friend, lover, brother, father, and
Sun:  Light in our lives.  Bright
In our souls we see mortality,
And non.  Heaven sent, and heaven
Sit, you now.  Elysian fields rest
Your soul.  Free we see you,
Hearts tender, memory bittersweet.
Souls weep one year and more but
Poor we are not, in love.  And
Beauty grows bright in pain's light.
A rose from thorns a rose!
To see ashes breed new life.
  The shadow shows the Phoenix bright;
  Dear Muninn long holds life and light.