Message from Tseggai Elias
Zikeberkum Ayatatna,
I pray and trust that all is well with each one of you and all yours
What can one say at a time like this?
How does one deal with a loss like this!
This Sunday morning was for me unlike many others;
Same as the weekend when father passed on!
A sombre morning that made me think.
And ask myself questions that I usually don’t!
It doesn’t help that I am locked in, because of Covid. So what can I do except sit and try to imagine writing a note to dear Naomi. Herewith my melancholic reflections on what I would have written to her, if it was appropriate to do that today. Unfortunately it is not the time to write to her so I offload it on you, my older brothers:
Yes Bruce is no more!
He has gone to his Creator.
And for those of us left behind, it is dark.
Dark for all of us who got to know and appreciated him.
As a friend, as a relative, actually a brother:
A good one at that!
A warm hearted person; yes, a brother who cared!
It is indeed very dark for the ones who were very close to him.
It is especially so for you dear Naomi, who will miss her nearest partner in life.
For he was there when you needed someone most, someone to love, someone to care for.
I believe you were there too when he needed someone most, someone to love and care for.
Bruce was there when you needed someone to care also for others.
He was there when you decided, to adopt / raise children.
He was there when you took in and looked after our ageing and needy Adena Aster.
He was there; not just for days or weeks, but more like for months and years.
He was there, providing you the support you needed and so well deserved.
So obliging, Bruce was, so committed, and so dedicated.
A husband; a son; and a brother to us all;
Bruce was one in all, all on one.
Until his last days on earth.
It may be so gloomy to so suddenly loose, someone so dear.
Indeed a devastating “emptiness" created so so near.
Where someone so caring was always there;
But unexpectedly, is gone somewhere;
No need to worry for he did not disappear;
He is preserved in a place that’s quite near;
invisible for our eyes, and inaudible for our ear;
But he is in Heaven dear Naomi, he is certainly there;
For we live in Faith and Hope and Love.
The Love we experience from our Creator,
Ushering in the love we have for each other.
The Hope that the future can be better. Yes much much better!
For we have Faith, yes the Faith that each one shall one day go,
To our Creator to the Heavens ascent;
To join All those who before us went,
Be he the Prophet, Believer, or she the Saint;
There is no sorrow, no darkness, no pains;
Only joy, yes light where Life Eternal Reigns.
So farewell, brother Bruce, farewell for now.
See you soon, though the time we don't yet know,
When our name gets called,
And our soul is raised!
We shall be joined,
and together resound,
May His Name Be Praised!