In Loving Memory...

Please forgive me, if I wasn't there...
How could your heart take so much pain...
How could I not know...why didn't I detect...
Your emotions collapsing from the strain...

You took everything from everyone...
And carried on with a smile happily...
I can't imagine the pain you felt inside...
As your world turned so dark you couldn't see...

And everything that seemed not well...
Is now so much clearer than before...
The picture was dim from where I stood...
But now my heart sees so much more...

I thought I knew you but couldn't see...
As you cried through laughter in my presence...
You had more wounds but let them be...
And silently bled in my absence...

Forgive me if I didn't say...
Forgive me if I didn't know...
Forgive me if I couldn't heal...
Forgive me if I couldn't go...

I wish you peace on your journey home...
And will forever love you with quiet grace...
May God grant you the comfort you deserved....
And guide you far from this hurtful place...

"Perhaps In Drifting"

Perhaps in drifting I shall brush,
Against the sharp edge of a blade,
And if the pressure is enough,
I shall learn the taste of pain.

Perhaps in drifting in the rain,
If the seas are high and water rough,
I shall learn to be afraid,
When waters around me with anger gush.

Perhaps in drifting I shall be blind,
Walking with trust instead of light,
And down that path, maybe I'll find,
A new love for all my sight.

Perhaps in drifting, I'll meet the night,
And all my days I'll leave behind,
I'll see the path that is ever right,
And trade my hurt, for something kind.