the light belongs to you (for jasiri)

you were the flame
before the phoenix,

the boy who poured his heart
into the sky.

on the day you died,
i tiptoed calmly
through the forest of your memory
then walked into
the rising stillness of reality,

the absence of your smile.

tonight,

i can not think of you
without locking fingers with trees,

clinging to a life beyond breathing
and longing for a lifetime
of quiet strength.

you came to this place as a cub
and left as a lion,

lifted from angels.

now,
we plant seeds
in your name.