We Carry You Now (For Papaw Jack)

It rained the day you left.

Not a storm—

just a steady hush,

like the sky

bowed its head with the rest of us.

No fanfare.

No bright light bursting through clouds.

Just the soft weight of water

reminding us

that grief is gentle, too.

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We carry you now

in the way we show up,

in the way we keep our word,

in the way we love through the mess of things.

You were a quiet kind of strong—

the kind that did not need to shout.

You showed love in what you did,

in the hands that fixed things,

in the life you built around us.

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We carry you now

in the way we show up,

in the way we keep our word,

in the way we love through the mess of things.

The rain has stopped.

But the world

still feels quieter without you in it.

We say goodbye to the man but not the memories.

(Steel guitar and fiddle solo)

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We carry you now