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For Mike Casey 1947-2007
August 25, 2007
Unfinished Business
We assumed there would be
another day
for the next remodel,
the next project,
the next concert;
plenty of time
to explore how
to bring people joy
and help them feel at home.
You rebuilt the old
with tools in your hands,
both people and houses
molded with encouragement and humor
created through wood, music
and friendship
Your three grandchildren
-brand new construction-
sanded and shaped
smooth
varnished
glowing
reflecting your love and skill.
You are in their hands,
their eyes,
their hearts
forever more
your knowledge
becoming theirs.
It is too soon
to be called to move on,
leaving behind unfinished business;
yet you are building afar
a new song
a new foundation
a new hope
new construction
for the rest of us to come home to
someday.