In the quieter moments I sometimes hear the whisper of your
gentle voice on the wind and I want to cry because I no longer
can hold you. I walk the spots we once shared and feel you there
and a tear falls because I can no longer see you smile. As I ride
down the roads we traveled together I reach back to touch you
and realize that I am painfully alone. When I am near the water I
hear you calling yet never are you found leaving me with but a
memory of your existence.

In the quieter moments I remember our love and lament in the
things that you needed to hear that I left unsaid. Never will I
forget that the one time I did not come in your time of need was
the time you needed me most. The torment of that memory will be
with me always as will our love and the things I left unsaid.

In the quieter moments, a tear falls as my heart cries quietly
while it remembers how much I love you.......

Ric

November 93

In loving memory of Shelley..... March 30/63 - Nov. 18/92