On the Water's Edge
A dreary evening in October...
It's raining, softly, unobtrusively but slowly, thoroughly wetting the world.
Today, my grandfather died and the skies he used to smile at are weeping, mourning the lost of another soul to this dreary world.
But somehow, I know it doesn't end there. Past the clouds, past the horizon, there is a new, different dawn, a world that is now rejoicing to welcome another soul.
He had a long life, and it faded out slowly, gently, like dying embers in the evening chill.
He survived two World Wars, and to us he was a hero.
He loved his family, his home, all sorts of little everyday things many of us don't take the time to see.
I will always remember that gleeful little smile and those with mirth twinkling eyes...
I know that my grandparents are not gone forever, just lost to my senses. But in my heart, I can still feel their love, their hopes, their smiles. I know they are probably telling me not to cry, that they are happy, that they will always be there for me...
But right now, I miss them; I miss him, and I can't seem to stop the tears from falling. The world is weeping outside as I am weeping inside. We mourn the passing of another soul to the land Beyond the Horizon until a new day breaks.
And at the silver Dawn we'll meet again to enter the golden light of Day.
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Standing on the water’s edge
I see the boat slowly disappear
into the mists of time and space
All alone I’m left here
On the other shore
You are floating away from me
Your voice still lingers here
Your face slowly fades away
All I ever held dear
Sails beyond my reach
They say a loved one doesn’t die
Won’t it be just another lie
Gone in body, soul adrift
Between us a growing rift
Will the salty tears ever dry
Or will my heart forever cry
Echoes from the water’s end
whisper memories of you
of a love that will forever last
My heart breaks anew
into shattered bliss
Why did you have to leave me
Our love was deep and true
Ever standing in the storms of life
Yet I always knew
All happiness drowns
They say a loved one doesn’t die
Won’t it be just another lie
Gone in body, soul adrift
Between us a growing rift
Will the salty tears ever dry
Or will my heart forever cry
A dove breaks through the water’s fog
Carrying a feather of hope to me
And sings in a heavenly voice
the song of memory
the key to my heart
Your love lives on in my soul
And you came to make me see
that as long as I remember you
you live on in me
and will never leave
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I am calmer now, though tears still threaten to spill. The rain seems to have stopped temporarily too.
I feel as if when I open the window, a dove will appear.
It's a great feeling...
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