Obituary of Geoffrey Miller

TRIBUTE TO GEOFFREY
You come to know him
Because he dares you to.
While hiding all the facts
He shares all the truths.
Perhaps you seek counsel—
As he,
Raconteur~
Scholar~
measuring each word
erudite and acerbic,
Tells you how it is.
How else could you know
who you are or
might yet be?
Perhaps you question—
As he,
Ethicist~
in his wisdom
Ignites truth,
Challenges you to
touch the flame.
He will push you to the
precipice.
How else could you know
that you can fly?
(as he did)
He loves you fiercely
When you are not looking~
He knows bright light can
blind.
And we who love him
(yes, fiercely)
Hint that we might~
Allow that he not acknowledge it
this once.
We know bright light will
bind
one to another.
Oh, but bring in the children~
He is grandfather
He is father
He is jester
He is teacher
He is healer.
Skipping unfettered,
Indefatigable.
It is, after all,
the children.
In their bright light
He glows.
Now~
We are left to wonder
As though blinded to the
North Star, Southern Cross
How we navigate to light.
Now~
We find ourselves bound to one another
In afterglow of that fierce love
Revealed, acknowledged
unfettered, indefatigable.