A Poem for You, Beckie

crisp as the newfallen flakes
you glide along your haven of
white ice and there is nothing
that could stop, retain your true

passion to life, this life and every
moment within, you grasped
and made so much for everyone, you
small and softspoken, the biggest

heart that with every beat another
life, touched by your warm
smile, like the golden rays of the
morning sun, you light the earth

and you still do, your light was too
much for the restraints placed
on you, the limits of this earth
could not tame you and they knew
you could bring so much good from

above, for it is you who clears
the darkness from the skies to
bring into our hearts your light, your
love, your efferevecent glow

too big for this world, you were
sweet sixteen, you taught us more than
you know, but from what we have learned
decades of wisdom, we gained

your are the air we breathe
you are in the wind, the voice
in the mountains, the valleys
you are the snow, every flake

you are where we seek, the ethers
beyond this life, weightless, above us you are
free to be everywhere and in everything
and patiently below we wonder and
close our eyes, only
to discover
you