Waz up!
My name is Billy;
and I have something to say...
MOM, DON'T GRIEVE FOR ME, FOR NOW I AM FREE.
I'M FOLLOWING THE PATH GOD LAID OUT FOR ME.
I TOOK HIS HAND WHEN I HEARD HIM CALL,
I TURNED MY BACK AND LEFT YOU ALL.
I COULD NOT STAY ANOTHER DAY,
TO LAUGH, TO LOVE, TO WORK OR PLAY,
TASKS I LEFT UNDONE, MUST STAY THAT WAY,
I FOUND PEACE ON THAT FEBUARY DAY.
I KNOW MY LEAVING HAS LEFT A VIOD.
TRY TO FILL IT WITH REMEMBERED JOY.
A HAPPY TIME, A LAUGH, A KISS,
THESE THINGS, I TOO WILL MISS.
DO NOT GET BURDENED WITH TIMES OF SORRY,
I WISH FOR YOU... THE SUNSHINES OF TOMORROW.
MY LIFE HAS BEEN FULL... I HAVE SAVORED MUCH.
MY FAMILY, KIDS AND FRIENDS, MY WIFES TOUCH.
I KNOW MY TIME SEEMED ALL TO BRIEF.
DON'T LENGTHEN IT NOW WITH UNDUE GRIEF..
LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS AND SHARE WITH ME,
GOD WANTED ME NOW; HE HAS SET ME FREE.
Billy as a baby
Billy as a teen
Billy as a man
Billy's funeral
Billy's resting place
Billy's wild side
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