“Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.”
-Leonard Cohen
Bells
(for Jackson)
by Carmen H Gray
The chiming sound
That comes from a hollowed, hallowed you
Inverted from life’s spiraled bound
A premature summoning
To another place
The space you made humbling
The lives of those you knew
The bells ringing in
Messages that carry through
Time and space
Pain and suffering
And love’s memory trace
Monarca Rising 