Matriarch

Strong & Stead Fast Never looking to the past One hundred years you have stayed One hundred years, you have led the way Always had good things to say Criticizing others has never been your way The one i look up to for your strength & Light Always feeling loved No matter how many of us there were in sight Always beautiful inside & out Like a rose opening for the first time in the sun It is here you have shone & won When others leave their shadow behind You shall leave your light Not a day will you be out of sight Nor ever out of mind You'll always be the first true friend of mine I will not cry when the time comes simply because you are gone But because you have lived Your legacy is here to stay A bright light that will never fade Growing old is so weary Cold For each one of us will eventually have to go It is my faith that helps me to know that we'll all be together again in the after glow As time slowly closes in I'll be alright Your never out of sight For now, you are, my guiding light