Death and Rebirth

We die momentarily 

When dear ones depart us
But we are reborn 
with their energies 
transferred to us
and may be 
they live in us, 
through us
Provided 
we are worthy 
of being the carrier of 
"their" lives..
for what
they stood 
in their lives,
the values they fought for
the virtues which they cultivated ...