Picture by Josephine Wall

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A befitting day for a funeral
On this cold and rainy morn
Another life has ended
As another has been born

This man was loved by many
They've all come to say goodbye
You can almost hear a pin drop
As a tear escapes my eye

Flowers adorn his coffin
Blooms of yellow, blue and white
He'll be forever in my memory
As his soul takes wing in flight

We bow our heads in sorrow
As they play Amazing Grace
I hope he'll soon find peace
As he enters that other place

All the mourners dressed in black
Now gather in the rain
As I try with all my might
To conceal my grief and pain

This chapter of life has ended
As we now turn another page
We must cherish every moment
While we're here upon life's stage

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I guess this is part fact and part
fiction as some of it relates to
the way I was feeling when my own
father died.

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

~ Trace my body with your words..
And in doing so, you touch my heart. ~

- And so it was that time stood still -
     (blink, breathe, stand, fight)