this perfect day

it's perfect.
the memorial service.
the memories shared by sons
and daughters.
the colleagues.
her former students coming
back to sing
her praises.
the day is perfect.
the sky blue,
the trees blooming with
spring.
the cathedral tall and forever
there
beside the small
sanctuary.
a woman sings a Scottish
song,
or two.
forgetting the words
in mid stream,
but recovers.
that too is perfect.
everything, but us, about
this day,
this dying, this remembering,
this memorial is perfect.