With All Our Love

We did not want to say goodbye You shared the best you were with us And placed our lives above your own You comforted and lifted up And sheltered us and made our home We did not want to say goodbye For every time our thoughts of you In memories seemed so alive With dreams of things that we would do But now, though late, we realize We did not want to say goodbye And though life’s purpose is not clear We learn that time demands its due Yet love, once shared, won’t disappear And while we’re living … nor shall you We did not want to say goodbye But now we must, for you have left And though we’ll dream of yesterday You leave us sad, yet truly blessed So now with all our love we say … Goodbye