Big beautiful ways

sometimes

we honor them

in big beautiful ways.

we write. we paint. we sing.

we share their story. their picture.

we do good things in their name.

and sometimes we honor quietly.

we cry. we break. we get out of bed.

we try to stay alive and love them.

we can honor a person's life by

sharing things. creating things.

and we can also honor a life by

surviving in a world without it.