The People Whom You Love

Be calm and still long enough
the people whom you love will come
as the deep stream clears when
surface ripples are all done.
Nothing will be said, but you
will recognise the true expression
on each face just as you remember

them. Nothing will be said, but
they will come, not conjured by
your dreams, or grief, but just
wishing to call by. Nothing will
be said, but the people whom you
love will walk at ease and smile
and take no notice of your tears.

by Owen Marshall