Eulogy

She loved with her whole heart.

People called her childish and silly.

But she did it anyway.

She always saw the best in people.

That made others shake their head and laugh.

She didn't care.

She had hurts so thick and deep

Anyone would drown in them.

So she kept them to herself.

She was wild at heart.

But foolishly gave her heart to savages.

They relentlessly tamed her.

She was brave enough to be a mother.

Turns out that's not the skill for success.

Giving them life would have to be enough.

She was lucky enough to know the truest love.

Simply touching it turned it all to ash.

So she put them in an urn and hung her hat.

People sought her wisdom at times.

She never actually had any of her own.

Repackaging other's words became her craft.

She was a fraud.

But she loved.

And she would have wanted that to be her legacy.

Love in spite of her tainted truth.

Love slathered heavily over her scars.

Love given and given and given...

But never really received.

Just lent.

And retrieved.

Time and again.

And it broke her.

Especially the biggest one.

This time for good.