RUTH HAS LEFT THE SUPREME COURT...FOR THE NEXT PLATEAU RUTH HAS LEFT ME IT FEELS LIKE A LIGHT IS SOMEWHERE I CAN'T FIND IN THIS TUNNELL OF WHAT LIFE IS I TOO HAVE TRAVELLED LONG YEARS AS SHE DID WITHOUT HER IS THERE ONLY DARKNESS NOW OR DID SHE PASS THE CANDLE TO ME TO DO AND BE AS COURAGEOUS AS SHE IN HER MOMENTS OF SADNESS SHE KEPT HER WICK LIT NEVER LET IT BURN OUT WHAT LOVE KEPT HER RETURNING WHEN ALL AROUND WAS DARKNESS WHERE LOSS WAS HER CONSTANT SHE KEPT SEEING WHAT WAS NEEDED BEYOND HER OWN COMFORT HER JOYS AND SORROWS WERE NOT WHAT SUSTAINED HER BUT LIKE THE GREAT MOTHER SHE WAS LIT WITH HER PASSION JUSTICE FOR EACH ONE OF US IS WHAT KEPT HER CANDLE LIT I WILL TAKE IT FROM HER INSPIRED TO NOT DESPAIR OF ANY PERSONAL LOSS OR CONFUSION BUT DRESS IN MY BEST EVERY MORNING AND SHOW UP TO THIS LIFE THAT'S NEEDS ME TO ILLUMINATE IT WITH MY CREATIVITY VITALITY AND LOVE