It's Not About Forgetting

This is from Lexi Behrndt, from Scribbles & Crumbs. She said it was in a program for an event she spoke at for Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.

It's Not About Forgetting

It's not about forgetting
Or acting like the scars aren't there,
Or trying to remember your face.
Or the curve of your smile.

It's not about avoiding
The pain and the ache,
The memories I'll never hold,
The space between us.

It's about the light in your smile
Finding its way into mine.
And the fire in your eyes
Setting aflame my soul.

With love.
With compassion.
With goodness.
With hope.

It's about you.
Your legacy, your light
Your name, your memory,
And love that never dies.

You left me better.
You left me braver.
You left me kinder.
You left me with the best parts of you.