זיכרונו לברכה

may your memory be blessed. i'm writing these words for the second time in less than a week... a refuge in what feels like a truer expression of grief, of condolence. may your memory be a blessing.

for years, i thought of this day.. how we would take the loss--how we would feel his passing. i never imagined that it would be in such a world; that he would leave us in such a world.

there are no better words.. none more beautiful, none more elegant, none sharper, none finer, none more acute, more suspended in time and memory and life and love than your own

let's not talk of love or chains 
and things we can't untie
your eyes are soft with sorrow 
hey, that's no way to say goodbye...

we will miss you more than you could ever have known.

rest in peace, L. Cohen.