When We're Gone And No Longer

To be there when we're gone and no longer That freshly taken photo with our children In some movie at a wedding as a spectator Part of the scenery, not yet an anachronism A footnote in time isn't that our aspiration… Remembered as a star in their constellation. … Orbiting their hearts, their starry heavens Still shedding some contributory light That guides them on their path, a presence That gives them the courage to face the night To be there when we're gone and no longer So they might not in their footsteps falter.