Healing

It seems like yesterday You were just here If I close my eyes I can still feel you near Time has become an enemy To my heart I hate this absence This being apart In sleep I long to see your face again So you can tell me Where you've been To hear your laughter To see your smile I've not had that joy In such a long while People tell me To go ahead with my life But this pain in my soul It cuts like a knife They don't understand My hurt, my loss My life, once happy Replaced with chaos I catch myself sometimes Calling your name Then I remember And I cry without shame The day will come When the tears will subside But then I'll be left With this aching inside This too, shall heal The storm will soon end You weren't only my son You were also my friend I'll be with you again someday This much is true For the rain will cease, And the sun will shine through Until then, When I'm feeling especially low I'll look up to the Heavens Then I'll know The star that I see there, Glowing with light Is your way of assuring, That I'll be all right June 2004 Written for a friend of mine whose son had passed. Tina Rhymer