‘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.”
― Yehuda HaLevi
