For Those Gone Too Soon
For Those Gone Too Soon by Linda M. Rhinehart Neas The mind searches – Within the mind palace - What were the last words spoken ? Your laugh, your smile Echoes through rooms and halls Long lost and barely remembered. The news came shockingly – A happened upon obit, A message from someone you knew, A call from a mutual friend. The particulars of how, why, when Carry little weight – What matters is that you are gone. Time, the thief, stole you from now, Never allowing for a proper goodbye – Oh the things left unsaid! Those left behind, On learning that you now live In days gone by - among foggy dreams Where the sun always shines – Pain has ceased its incessant knowing – Where youth and beauty reign, Are numbed by the realization that - No longer will you call - No longer will you hold their hand - No longer will you be there. Those left behind May gather to share sorrow, May find time to stop – to remember When life seemed eternal And friends had i