Healing

In Loving memory of my friend, Joe... I thought I lost a friend today/ For in my private sky/ A star was missing from it's place/ Though I did not know why/ I thought I lost a friend today/ For now I cannot hear/ The words that always made me smile/ They're now replaced by tears/ I thought I lost a friend today/ His reassurance gone/ The helping hand he gave to me/ When I could not go on/ I thought I lost a friend today/ For now I kneel and pray/ My time with him was much too short/ And now he's gone away/ I thought I lost a friend today/ But then he spoke to me/ "Just close your eyes, and I'll be there/ In your fondest memories"

What do you do when you meet someone/ Who has a certain way/ Of sharing light and making bright/ Your darker shades of gray?/ What do you say when they comfort you/ With words of love and hope/ When all their woes are set aside/ As they show you how to cope?/ How do you feel when you find a friend/ And time just seems to fly/ And just when they have touched your heart/ It's time to say goodbye?/ You make as many memories/ As time allows and then/ You photograph them in your mind/ To visit once again/ You promise them that they have made/ A place within your heart/ And that you'll not forget them when/ The time has come to part/ But most important is the vow/ You honor when they're gone/ Of sharing what they've given you/ From that moment on

A gaze thru blurry window/ When did it start to rain?/ Then realize it's just the eyes/ They're crying once again/ Emptiness is mighty/ Deep within begins the ache/ Intense, this pain that surely/ Will cause a heart to break/ Shoulders gently tremble/ A moaning soft and low/ Arms tightly wrapped about oneself/ Body rocking to and fro/ A ritual of comfort/ A numbing of the mind/ A cleansing of the tortured soul/ A knowing eye made blind/ Thus begins the healing process/ Of this I know so well/ Without you, I fall victim to/ This mindless cast of spell HOME BACK NEXT