Heart

They said his heart stopped-- 

but they didn't know him. 

They didn't know  

that he'd given his heart    

to daughter,  friends, 

students, colleagues... 

to some he didn't even know 

by name. 

They didn't know  

that gifts like that don't just stop. 

They are bits of eternity, freely given: 

warm and vital,  

animating divine sparks 

of faith and hope and love, 

binding us closer, making us one. 

He did that. 

They say his heart stopped. 

I don't believe it. 

Love doesn't die.