You were so kind, so wise
compassionate and generous
always giving, never taking
the most genuine
I've ever met.

So many lives, so many hearts
you've touched us all so thoroughly
we changed in knowing you
our hearts, our souls
we changed in loosing you
our hearts, our souls
forever changed
our walk, our talk
forever changed
our life you've marked.

I am among those
who've been left behind
devastated now that you're gone
You've left this world
you've excised your pain
your agony is finally gone
as ours has only just begun.

I cannot keep the tears inside
and I wish you'd not been
so good to hide
the feelings you kept
deep down inside.

We didn't know
we didn't understand
we hurt, we grieve
we laugh, we cry
but most of all
we're left
asking,
"Why?"

But know this:

You changed our lives
with every smile,
with every joke,
with each adventure
and all you cooked.

You changed our lives
and made life richer
like eating chocolate after dinner.

You changed our lives
and that cannot die
forever with us
you'll now reside.

We love you!

☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀

Join me in the #ASKFORHELP poetry challenge happening now at Memee’s Poetry Parties. I hope to see you at the punchbowl!