It’s Okay (Remembering Ernest Victor Frazier 4/23/2014)

It’s okay to be sad,

To let tears drench the corners of our eyes,

Then slide down and flood our sullen cheeks.

It’s okay to be angry,

To curl our fingers into fists and smash things…

If that soothes the anger in our fragile, cantankerous hearts.

And it’s okay to question God

For feeding us hope, then snatching it away,

And in doing so, leaving a part of us to starve

For answers that our tongues will never taste.

But we mustn’t forget to rejoice

In knowing our Grandfather or our

Dad or our friend is at rest.

Though we might find it hard to believe,

There is indeed mercy in Death.

And we mustn’t forget to calm our anger

And dust off that inner peace.

But most of all, we mustn’t forget

That the one we’ve cherished for 96 years

Has gone off to see a Higher, all-loving Being.