When all around have gone to sleep
And we are so alone
We walk the lonely darkened path
Where we can be with you.
Our thoughts are deep and filled with pain
Yet sweet and light with joy
We think of times gone by when you
Would laugh and cry and sing
Your cheeky smile, those dimples deep
Your shining big brown eyes
We miss you so and cry each day
Our hearts break with our loss.
Dear lovely boy we never knew
Just how many loved you so
Your love of life and those
With whom you shared
Your joy in land so far away.
Your friends are lost,now you are gone
And cry with us in pain,
But eased you're now at peace.
What legacy bestowed on all
Whose lives you touched dear love;
Your music left for all to hear,
Forever in our minds.
Your intellect & research helped
patients, colleagues and more,
Yet searching for your own relief
Escaped you our dear boy.
You chose your exit from this life
And left us all bereft

Now we must go home & try to live
our lives, as you would want us to
But,  we're lost, can't find our path
So others guide our way.
Goodnight dear son, sleep in peace
We love you forevermore.

And there is no room to breath
Suffocating pain clings to me
Like a python squeezing my life
Into a tiny space
Where once there was light and joy
I now feel dark corners where I hide -
Anywhere - away from those
who seek to understand my silence
I crawl within my soul
to find refuge from my pain but
There is no peace here, there or anywhere.

I held you gently, a beautiful gift
How could I know that you would leave
This world so unexpectedly...
And I, now so bereft

Infectious laugh, entrancing smile,
Enigmatic presence
A breath of fresh air,
My daughter, my friend, my joy

Your season had come to change and
Your heart had cried its tears, alas,
To arrive in  a calm and peaceful place
Allowing life to resume on another plane

My daughter, my friend, my joy has gone
Making sense of loss is futile when
Each day is a memory of times past
Your laughter and joyous presence
Now just a thought away, oh please let it last.

An inspiration, friends remember.
Always helping, loving and present.
How can it be that life so full
Can lack in some way,
Forcing that dark departure.

Now you rest in His Devine embrace
No more pain felt in vain for you my love
Our darling daughter, sister, aunt and friend
Is now peaceful, calm and free......

My heart aches from such a heavy loss
I see you everywhere and hear your voice
And turn, you are not there, yet I feel you are.
I walk the hills and feel you close
As the wind caresses my face
And you kiss me once again.

A moment of such closeness and deep love
That requires no words or gestures,
just a glance when eyes meet
in that instant of quiet connection.

What beauty there is in a gentle smile
With open arms yearning
And the heart dances with joy in a flutter of anticipation
so exciting that you feel it will burst!

What is this love that we feel for  another
and instantly receive that magical response?
Such joy, desirous moment of love,
Yet tender affection, possesses us totally.