Gone on ahead

Those who went on ahead
are around me tonight
I feel their presence
I feel their soul

Some long gone
others not far
beyond the door
of this life

If only
is now forgotten
their life
is within me

Their joy
their sadness
their infinity
fulfills me

I'm with those
with whom
I share
a loss

A loss of one
we both knew
some closer
some distant

I say their names
chiseled in my mind
I feel their presence
I feel their soul