I caught myself singing these modified lyrics to the song “Daniel” this morning, before I realized the date.
Jessica is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
Oh and I can see Jessica waving goodbye
God it looks like Jessica, must be the clouds in my eyesThey say Spain is pretty though I’ve never been
Well Jessica says it’s the best place that she’s ever seen
Oh and she should know, she’s been there enough
Lord I miss Jessica, oh I miss her so muchJessica my sister you are older than me
Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won’t heal
Your eyes have died but you see more than I
Jessica you’re a star in the face of the skyJessica is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
Oh and I can see Jessica waving goodbye
God it looks like Jessica, must be the clouds in my eyes
Oh God it looks like Jessica, must be the clouds in my eyes
I still miss you, beautiful, every day. I know you would be so, so proud of me. And you’d laugh at me, at all of us, still soaking our pillows two years later. My grieving should have stopped when I finished reading you the bardo – which I did the moment I heard that almost literal chime in my head, at that right verse of the bardo… guess I’m not a bad Buddhist for nothing.
without you, the stars roar the breeze warms, the girl smiles, the cloud moves. Without you, the tides change, the boys run, the oceans crash. The crowds roar, the days soar, the babies cry, without you.