You moved through our days, Alex,
like a quiet code blue reversed:
urgency turned to calm,
fear met with presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now the bell rings, not in alarm,
but in tribute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hear a chime
for every life you steadied,
for every breath that you helped return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You moved through the world
not to be seen,
but to see\u2014
you notice the bent,
the bruised,
the nearly forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your hands carried balm;
You offered
the rarest gift\u2014time\u2014
without measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You taught us that hope
is not a banner waved,
but a quiet tending
with a gaze that says,
\u201cI see you. I stay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The wind carries your name
like a hymn with no end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those who breathed in your gentleness,
exhale it forward,
redolent with your grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your light travels, Alex.
It is not dimmed by distance;
it is refracted in new waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What you gave in quiet rooms\u2014
in the midnight vigils,
in the whispered reassurances,
with hands that steadied breath. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The messages now echo here.
Here where the cedars lean in to listen
and the tides carry your name
like a bell across the bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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You moved through our days, Alex,like a quiet code blue reversed: urgency turned to calm,fear met with presence. Now the bell rings, not in alarm,but in tribute. I hear a chime for every life you steadied,for every breath that you helped return. You moved through the worldnot to be seen,but to see\u2014you notice the bent, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[11,13,10,12],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verses","tag-activism","tag-alex-pretti","tag-peace","tag-poetry","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n