The Education of Sorrow

I walked a mile with Pleasure,
She chattered all the way;

But left me none the wiser

For all she had to say.

I walked a mile with Sorrow

And ne'er a word said she;

But oh, the things I learned from her

When sorrow walked with me,

-Robert Browning Hamilton

Nothing could be more profound and true.

A consolation of Gaye's loss is the learning --

Which better be good, given the price.