Tribute

The promise of a thousand tomorrows is gone
One journey ended and another begun
This one just for you

For a lifetime my companion and best friend
Now you travel alone
I was left behind

A heart heavy with sadness
A mind full of memories
At times clouded by tears

I never wanted for you to take that journey alone
Or at least a journey without me

We were soul mates
Few words needed to be spoken
In order for our love for each other to be expressed

Knowing glances, loving touches
Conveyed all that words could not

We understood each other
Loved and respected
Trusted, honored and revered

I never wanted to say goodbye
I always thought there would be a thousand tomorrows and then some
Forever and one extra day

One lifetime together would never be enough
Not enough hours in any given day
I wanted my forevers to all be with you

I was not ready to say goodbye
I do no think it is possible to ever be ready or prepared.

I never thought I could let you go
But even in your final moments you taught me one last lesson

That when a love is as great and true as ours was
When you love someone more than you love yourself
Then you can let them go
When staying isn’t fair or right

I wanted you to stay for me
I loved you too much to make you do that

There were more angels in that room when we said goodbye
More angels than in a thousand tomorrows and then some

And then you were gone

At first it seemed gone forever – no part of what we shared
Recoverable

But in time I found your lasting gift
Your love remained in my heart

Your legacy of life and love now intertwined with mine
You were never really gone

You are the sunshine that peeks through the clouds on my darkest days
You are the warmth the surrounds me in the chill of the night
You accompany the smile that creeps across my face as the leaves crunch beneath my feet on a late Fall day

You walk with me – sometimes sitting atop my shoulder, sometimes following in the shadows cast by the late day sun

I find comfort in that
And I will love you forever and for always