To Those Left Behind

I cannot tell you what comes next

Or tell you what will be .

Or say that all of us are blessed.

I can only speak of me.

I cannot tell you reasons why

Things don’t work out that way.

I cannot tell you when to cry

When life’s fabrics gently fray.

I cannot be there all the time

At least not physically

But know I’ll be there on a dime

If and when you need me.

I know the times are trying

And life seems very hard.

I know the feel of sighing

As the heart breaks off a shard.

I’ve found the stillest silence

As the mind ebbs and flows.

I know a belief’s reliance

When sorrow deals you blows.

Yet in the darkest hour

As you trudge steadily through hell

I will never leave you

Until sweet heaven’s bell.

And though the years move onward

And though we cannot be.

Know I hear your every word

See everything you see.

And while you look through glass of blue

I’ll never leave your side.

For my soul became a part of you

The moment that I died..