The Ones We Love

The ones we love will always

live on in our hearts

no matter where we are,

no matter how we age;

in our book of life

when one of them departs,

it’s like a sign that God

is taking away a page.

Even when there isn’t

a grave to mark or visit,

even when there isn’t

a funeral or ceremony,

no flowers or songs, or poems

to commemorate it,

we’ll cherish the loved ones

in loving memory.

Though we may sleep with pain,

though we keep wondering why –

it’s something that’s meant to be;

let’s make peace and try

to think more gratefully

of the time that was spent

together, like a gift…

but it was something lent.

The ones we love will always

live on in our hearts –

good memories are made up

of all the lovely parts.

(Dedicated to all fellow Kirkbyites who

have lost someone very dear to them )

8 April 2002