Grieving with a Former Student of Mine
from the Class of '93

If we had but one page, one chapter, one book

to hold the whole of all we know of life,

‘twould be enough to give the soul one look,

one glimpse of unimaginable joy and strife…

love and laughter, pain and sorrow…

tears below that fall like rain from above

on happiness and heartache until tomorrow

and yesterday and passing time become Eternal Love.

© 7-6-14 Tom Kapanka

These two links, here and here, provide some context for these lines.