At the moment of his Death
if you can define it as a single moment
when his heart finally stopped beating
the glow of his spirit
emerged
as if it were his last breath
radiating from his chest and throat
where he had long struggled
Before those final heart beats
as his lungs relaxed
and stopped their service
his throat gave us
three last chugs
as if saying goodbye to
the effort of breath
like a beloved train coming to rest
at its destination
His spirit had been glowing bright
in his final day
as if to share with us
the magnificence of the universe
as if he were looking into the infinite
and reflecting its awe back
to those of us only aware
of the physical plane of existence
As his spirit emerged with a soft glow
it breathed the infinite in deeply
It took the form of a jovial
liberated man
and began dancing like a jester
embodying in the ether
the many qualities he exuded
in his life of
play
comedy
pranks
sociability
and
social critique
Humbling me in his unabashed embracing of pure truth, and himself in his reunion with Divinity.