Picture by Alan Ayers

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They say that time can fly
And I guess that is quite true
But not a single day goes by
When I don't think of you

My life has moved along
But my memory remains clear
In my solitude I imagine
That for a moment you are here

I have a picture of us two
Way back when I was nine
We are sitting at the beach
Soaking up the warm sunshine

I have many treasured memories
Of our times spent by the sea
A time when there was us
But now there is just me

I will visit your grave
On the thirtieth of May
I'll bring a bunch of flowers
And for just a while I'll stay

I promise I won't cry
I know you'd hate to see me sad
But it will take a lot of effort
For I still miss you so much Dad

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"We sat together for hours
without saying a single word.
Our hearts were so finely tuned
to one another that we felt
no need to speak."

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"Love is the lifeline I cling to
when grief threatens to pull me down
into eternal darkness."

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

“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” –Robert Louis Stevenson