for Bruce Edwards
Why is this death so hard
to handle? Because it was
sudden? Because he was a
good man? Because we were
looking forward to the new
Sara Groves album, and he
was deep into the World
Series and had just made
new friends on Facebook
and because now we will
never have the chance to
talk about writing again
on this side, and I can't
stop crying, even though
we didn't know each other
very well at all, and I should
go see if he autographed
his book for me, but I can't
quite bear to look? His absence
already looms large even
though his presence in my
life was such a small, warm
and steady light. Lord,
grant him rest eternal in
perpetual light. Amen.
