I found these notebooks unexpectedly about three months following Roman's death. At the time, seeing his handwritten utterances reduced me to sinking sadness. However, enough time has passed that I can look at his words with perspective these days, and read them free of tears. I do not know when this was written or who it was written for. Though I do know that in retrospect, his words are now eerily prophetic.
Soon enough and once again
life will come apart...
All we are and what is left
are matters of the heart..
The life we had,
the life we knew
has gone and fade away
but the love I have,
and the love you're shown
is fast and here to stay.
The world is gone,
but love is strong.
A foundation to my heart.
I shall relive my life,
and start anew,
at my center shall be you...
Ever present, ever beautiful
you are the anchor that survived
the storms..
I had a life..
I do not miss it,
for it was without you..
"Jed's Other Poem," Grandaddy
