Once bright, colored, and flowing,
Now stagnant, cold and grey.
Your memory lingers.
An enlightened path remains.
The inner-workings of life revealed,
Like a new book carefully opened.
My heart races as I lean in–
A mind is forever changed over a body broken.
Several years go by,
It is now clear how a single choice saved lives
A once-glowing flame long extinguished,
Yet its light is never diminished.