Stay With Me

Stay with me in that last adieu,
  take my hand and let it comfort you
as a mother's tear falls lightly upon my cheeks
  silent in our sorrow, no words need to speak.
Fill your mind with recollection
  of days slipped by in so many directions
and the babe in arms who grew far too fast
 with childhood lost to memories of the past.
Wrap your arms around me tight
 still the heartbeats wrestled in dreams of night 
I am here at your side
 no secrets remain to hide.

Stay with me a moment longer
 perhaps I can accept this fate much stronger
than the thoughts unbridled in my mind
 when love for a child was brave and kind
before the years had slipped away
 and life separated life from foolish games to play.
Stay with me a little while
 you are always my forever child
held at birth close within my heart
 with faith and hope we'd never part.
Stay with me as the night closes my eyes
 child of my youth. this is my last goodbye.

deathgoodbyerhyme

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