You're not gone
not gone not gone
you live on
live on live on
your genes are present
in our genes
your minds a riddle
for our minds
you had by far
the longer run
so don't be sad
your day is done
you would find
this world we've made
no place for
a well knapped blade
such as you worked
with art and skill
no mastodons are left to fill
the belly of a hungry child
the great beasts long since
quit the wild
the wild itself barely survives
be glad you knew it
when your lives
were intimately intertwined
with all the life
your world contained
rest easy knowing even if
we have embraced you
and your gift
acknowledged you
as next of kin
an ancestor beneath the skin
the world you knew
will always be
safely veiled
in mystery