come on down to the Mermaid Cafe

				release
					(for Jason Rasmus, aka J2)



life & death
      & love’s caress
      surround you like the air we breathe

brother, you are
	 	love & laughter
		frustration & fascination
		caring & carefree

you are mythic in nature
	oral tradition passing you on
	from person to person to person
	a way for your legend
		(your legacy)
				to live on in us

us, your family & family of friends 
us, those still tethered to life
us, crying here on a mountaintop
				because your breath has stopped
		
				& ours continues on
us, sharing, compiling 
	your life into stories to tell
			        to remember
			        to smile
			        & laugh
us, now family to each other
	made blood by the death
					(of a legend)
and we release you

we
	release
		     you

to the snow covered mountains and skateparks
	up the mountain & to the sun
	
	ride into the light
	cross the river styx
	be one with the spirit
	join the shadow people
	take a railslide
		into your future of haunts


just be sure to know:
		we love you  
		&   we   release   you