Friends and family gather around
To hear the mournful sound.

The sound of silence and sorrow
For which there is no tomorrow.

The pastor says a few kind words
For the one no longer in this world.

Tears are shed and eyes are wiped
As time has come to the last light.

What once was, will never be
For it is the end of life as you can see.

©July 25, 2005: Shannon G. Hazlett

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