A Eulogy for a Poet and a Friend
by Jimy Gunn
The world seems a little less bright tonight
The air a little less clear
The wind a little less fresh tonight without you
Susie of the sun
She showed her light on me briefly
as she showed her light on so many
and we dazzled
We were brighter under her accepting light
We were brighter than we could be on our own
Briefly we were brilliant in her eyes
and when we glowed warmly in her acceptance
She had the grace and humor
not to dwell on our shadows
that we both acknowledged
with a nod and a grin
It's hard to think of her passing
because I know no one that embraced life
so completely
so holistically
so bear hug unabashedly
trying to make it all work
For her
for her friends
for her family
and for her art.
She told me repeatedly
"I am not a poet
but a person who writes poems"
I beg to differ
She was a poet in all aspects
The way she lived her life
the way she loved her family and her friends
The glint in her eyes
the dimples in her cheek
the tussle of the blond mane
and the largeness of her heart
and the grandeur of her spirit
All attest to the small blonde fireball
that was our Susie of the sun.
Your held our hearts
and kept them warm.
©Jimy Gunn 2006
Jimy Gunn is longtime friend of Susie's from Austin, Texas