I’m sorry I didn’t know you
I’m sorry I never tried
I’ve loved you all of my life
I never even knew you or your wife

A vision of you haunts my mind
A memory I cannot recall
How can I let you leave here?
Why didn’t I make at least one call?

I knew where you were
Yet I never paid a visit
Always having something to do
I never got around to you

You’ve gone to be with Jesus
This I know is true
I look forward to the day
When once again I get to meet you

I mourn my loss here on earth
More my own loss, than your closest friends
You were my favorite relative
That much will never end

I wish I could say I knew you
I wish I could say I tried
I wish I would have taken the time
Long before you died

And So I say good-bye to a stranger
I say farewell to a name
It is pride who has put our family in danger
Of dying as strangers much the same

How can I say I’m sorry?
How can I repent?
How can restore this family,
And put an end to this lament?

WrittenMay 7, 2005 by Melody Wilson aka Lyn EagletonFor my favorite uncle's funeral