Summer, 2016
If I could sum you up
And the way you lived your life
It would be these three words:
Beautiful, defiant and fierce.
Beautiful, like a burst of colour
Breaking out in blues and pinks
And showers of yellow and orange.
Rainbowing desolate places and people.
The rarest of butterflies.
Defiant in faith and conviction.
Not bending or cow-towing.
Knowing the rules well enough to break them
When they were weighted the wrong side
Of truth and justice.
Fierce in your love for the poor.
In solidarity, suffering betrayals, trauma, broken health.
Relentlessly hoping for a better world.
Your legacy of love now tattooed the world over,
Boldly and brilliantly.