Alive

None of what, none of whom,

Are now dead to me,

Will ever displace,

The importance,

Of those I live among.

Of my mind, of my past,

Their significant part,

Will always remain,

Part of who I am,

They brought me here,

Made me who I am.

Those here now, those about me,

Are now all to me,

They hold a place,

Of importance,

And within my embrace.