Poems for Judith
To Remember You
For Judith — in happier days, I wrote to celebrate you.
Back then, my words were full of light, laughter, and the quiet certainty that love was something endless.
Now I write to remember you.
To hold onto what time cannot return, and to give shape to what still lives inside me.
Every poem here carries the same truth:
that love does not end where presence ends,
and that memory can become its own kind of place to live.
I loved you then, I love you now,
in every quiet moment, in every passing day,
in everything I still find myself reaching for.
I will love you always.
Not as a past tense, but as something that continues
steady, unchanging, and still here within me.
G
One More Sunrise with Judith
Judith was my future, my hopes, and my dreams. Loving her and being loved by her was a most wonderful part of my life.
Love feels like it will last forever when you’re living inside it — and in many ways, it does. But our time together in this world can change in a heartbeat.
If you have someone you love, hold them close. Say the words often. Treasure the quiet, ordinary moments.
I would give anything for one more sunrise, one more sunset, one more
"I love you" with Judith.
Now
is the most precious time we are given.
G
On These Poems
Judith absolutely loved the poems I sent her. She would often tell me how beautiful they were, and how lucky she felt to receive them.
The strange thing is that before Judith, I never wrote poetry. Then I fell in love, and the poems simply began to come to me. A few lines would appear in my mind, and I would think, “That would make a beautiful poem for Judith.” Somehow, those few lines would grow into something meaningful.
I am so grateful that this hidden talent emerged, and that it did so because I fell in love with her.
The poems I wrote and sent to her while she was still here feel too personal to share at this time. However, I Wish I Knew was one of the earlier ones and is included here. The poem she loved most of all was the first one I sent to her, In the Presence of Ghosts. She said of it:
“It is such a wonderful, wonderful poem… It’s absolutely BRILLIANT!!!”
All of these poems were written from a place of love. They were inspired by Judith, and written for her.
The grief and remembrance poems are from after she passed away. I often wonder what she would think of them. They are heartfelt and true—perhaps, in some way, she can see them.
Judith would often ask if I had told my family that I loved her. Now, through these pages and these words, I am telling everyone who visits just how much she meant to me.
I am deeply grateful that this unexpected gift of poetry came into being, all because I fell in love with this wonderful woman.
Amazing.
"She left in love"
