locke besse
2 min readOct 23, 2022

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There are so many possibilities. Two of my favorites are the Ed Sheeran songs Visiting Hours and Supermarket Flowers. They are about the death of his grandmother. The messages contemplate the reality that with great love comes the certainty of great loss, but also acknowledges how we are better because of the experience and how this current existence is inextricably intertwined with a future beyond this mortal plane. From Supermarket Flowers:

Oh I’m in pieces, it’s tearing me up, but I know
A heart that’s broke is a heart that’s been loved

I hope I see the world as you did ‘cause I know
A life with love is a life that’s been lived

So I’ll sing Hallelujah
You were an angel in the shape of my mum
When I fell down you’d be there holding me up
Spread your wings as you go
And when God takes you back we’ll say Hallelujah
You’re home

And from Visiting Hours, where Ed is worried that he might make a mistake in the way he is raising his daughter and wishes he could ask his grandmom:

I wish Heaven had visiting hours
So I could just swing by and ask your advice
What would you do in my situation? I haven’t a clue how I’d even raise them
What would you do? ‘Cause you always do what’s right

Can we just talk awhile until my worries disappear?
I’d tell you that I’m scared of turnin’ out a failure
You’d say “Remember that the answer’s in the love we create”
So much has changed since you’ve been away

I wish that Heaven had visiting hours
And I would ask them if I could take you home
But I know what they’d say, that it’s for the best
So I will live life the way that you taught me, and make it on my own

And I will close the door, but I will open up my heart
And everyone I love will know exactly who you are
‘Cause this is not goodbye, it is just ‘til we meet again
So much has changed since you’ve been away

What more can I say?

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locke besse
locke besse

Written by locke besse

Eclectic trans woman, terminally curious. Too many degrees. Trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. Attract stray puppies and social outcasts

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