I am feeling a bit melancholy today and there are many things swirling in my head that I could talk about but the title of this piece fits the bill for me today. Council of Silence. There are places I don’t want to venture today, especially in a public forum such as this, so I will keep this short.
I’m thinking today, as I have for the past few days, of a friend who passed away unexpectedly this past week, a person too young and talented to go so soon. I would be stretching the truth to say we were close friends but I can honestly say that I had a genuine fondness and regard for this person. Our conversations, though less frequent than I think both of us would have hoped, were always easy and in rhythm, as though part of one long conversation that stretched over the years. A conversation that has ended this week, leaving me and many other friends alone, like the black birds in the tree above, to contemplate a number of things, such as a life ended much too soon and what lays beyond that far horizon for all of us.
I wish you a peaceful journey to that horizon , my friend. You will be remembered well.
Redtree Times 