Landscape of the heart

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Memorial from Marci and Cheryl

Dear Kyah:

Shortly after your death - later that day on the 13th I believe - your friends Marci and Cheryl left this memorial out by the trailer.

The candles and panda sat on stage at your funeral and the panda came home with me since we didn't know who had left it. 

Later, I spoke with Cheryl and they wanted it at your grave site. When I was in Kearney the first weekend in June, I tried to reach them with no luck. So I put it out there for them (see previous post).

Gravesite

5 months

How is it possible that it's only been 5 months?  It seems like a lifetime ago. At the same time, it feels like yesterday. Death of a loved one fractures the idea of time and everything changes. The only timeframe that does make sense is the "before" and the "after". 

I will miss you forever. Forever: that's another timeframe that exists. 

Lost Boy by Ruth B

Dear Kyah:

I think you would have loved this song.

[Intro]
There was a time when I was alone
Nowhere to go and no place to call home
My only friend was the man in the moon
And even sometimes he would go away, too

[Verse 1]
Then one night, as I closed my eyes
I saw a shadow flying high
He came to me with the sweetest smile
Told me he wanted to talk for awhile
He said, "Peter Pan—that's what they call me.
I promise that you'll never be lonely."
And ever since that day...

[Chorus]
I am a lost boy from Neverland
Usually hanging out with Peter Pan
And when we're bored we play in the woods
Always on the run from Captain Hook
"Run, run, lost boy," they say to me.
Away from all of reality

[2x]
Neverland is home to lost boys like me
And lost boys like me are free

[Verse 2]
He sprinkled me in pixie dust and told me to believe
Believe in him and believe in me
Together we will fly away in a cloud of green
To your beautiful destiny
As we soared above the town that never loved me
I realized I finally had a family
Soon enough we reached Neverland
Peacefully my feet hit the sand
And ever since that day...

[Chorus]
I am a lost boy from Neverland
Usually hanging out with Peter Pan
And when we're bored we play in the woods
Always on the run from Captain Hook
"Run, run, lost boy," they say to me.
Away from all of reality

[2x]
Neverland is home to lost boys like me
And lost boys like me are free

[2x]
Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Wendy Darling
Even Captain Hook
You are my perfect story book
Neverland, I love you so,
You are now my home sweet home
Forever a lost boy at last

And for always I will say...

[Chorus]
I am a lost boy from Neverland
Usually hanging out with Peter Pan
And when we're bored we play in the woods
Always on the run from Captain Hook
"Run, run, lost boy," they say to me.
Away from all of reality

[2x]
Neverland is home to lost boys like me
And lost boys like me are free

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