Sympathy Poems

 

Up until he breathed his last

We weren't sure that he would go

He had been sick so long

He always got well and so

It came as a surprise to me

When he finally went

But which way he did his soul go

I hope it was heaven sent

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And now you're gone

It's an arrow through my heart

I don't know how I'll survive

Not now that you're departed.

But survive I know I must

Though not looking toward tomorrow

Remembering the good times we had

Tinged with heavy sorrow.

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Your mortal life is at an end

And your spiritual life has started

Going on to blaze the way

Now that you're departed.

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The preacher said it's over

Your soul has gone away

But he doesn't know our love

How in my heart you'll stay

Though you're gone

I feel you here, though not in the usual way

To your spirit I make this plea

Close by my side please stay.