Dear Dr. Alpert

…I woke up this morning and read of your walking

through a door in the sky

…I hope this was as good for you

as you were to us

…I hope someone was there to walk you home

illumined by countless stars

…I hope you are allowed to continue investigating truth

in all the worlds of Creation

…I had not thought of you in awhile, but Saturday night

I was enjoying

…the dying embers of a solstice fire with friends and someone

mentioned your name

…I thought of how you used to sit in a mushroom forest, but you left

and came into light and the longer

…you stayed the quieter you became and the more you could hear

blessings and light upon light

(written upon hearing of the passing of Ram Dass)

12-23-19