Where once, I just
was re-attached
back to the founding prod,
I now discover,
I am latched
on where, last year, I trod!

Before...whene'er
she came, I'd feel
just painful, loss-filled thoughts!
And these were wrenching,
start'ling, real!
Yeah! Always, there were lots!

But now when
mem-or-ies appear
I'm not just losing her!
I'm feeling how
I felt last year
when so much did occur.

I'm sensing all
the calm which came
as I did reconnect
to all those things
which bore her name;
such peace was the effect.

The starting point
I still recall;
it's present, Yes! that's true!
But now "last year"
s'where each and all
of them get filtered through!

I lost so much
...can still perceive
but much has been returned!
There's joy where once...
could only grieve!
Ya get through! This I've learned!

T'was such a gift,
a year ago
when my ol' neighborhood
became a place
just fine to go;
T'was so long since I could!

T'was such a massive,
mammoth switch;
a huge rebirth for me!
It's pleasing now!
A status which
I feel so blessed to see!

And this awareness;
how they all
direct me back a year
is such a blessing!
When they call
I sense nice things to hear!

Oh! What a state, now
I've attained!
The mem'ries, now a jewell!
They don't leave me
dismayed or pained!
Wow! Such a Grande renewal!

Her resting place
I fin'lly found!
t'was such a sett'ling view!
...seemed like we once
again were bound!
I sensed the Col, I knew!

That Col, my friend,
was missing, gone!
...deduced this state, the way
'twould always be
but things changed on
my visit t'her that day.

So, seems my mem'ries
have reshaped!
They're filled with joy and peace!
The gloom, which once,
just o'er them, draped
has seen a huge decrease!

The many hurdles
that I faced
in year 2001
were blessings. And
I now re-taste
that peace, where once t'was none!