Tis a Fearful Thing

Tis a Fearful Thing

’Tis a fearful thing to love what death can touch.

A fearful thing to love, to hope, to dream, to be—

to be, And oh, to lose. A thing for fools, this,

And a holy thing, a holy thing to love.

For your life has lived in me,

your laugh once lifted me,

your word was gift to me. To remember this brings painful joy.

“Tis a human thing, love, a holy thing, to love

what death has touched.

-- Yehudi HaLevi