I thought that time would have stopped if you had died,

That sun and moon and stars would disappear,

The earth itself vanish into darkness

If I had lost a life I held so dear

 

 

But though you’re gone the sun still heralds the day

And darkness only brings a brief respite

The world goes on and those who never knew you

Just cannot know the grief that’s in my heart

 

Yet even in that grief I keep the gladness

That comes from having loved you and been loved,

And even in my anguish and in my sorrow

Somehow your presence seems to ease my aching heart

 

I see your smile and still share your laughter

I talk to you and feel that you are near

I know that somehow you can still be with me

To help me bear the grief that’s ever here

 

I so believe love can live forever

That happiness of memory conquers pain

And although the world seems empty now without you

I know that sometime we will meet again..

 Poem posted by Gill Hartley