I Still Remember

In the coffin lay your body silent and still As with wax, sealed were your eyes Bared of all passion, pain and strain You were at rest, tranquil was your face When your body was lowered into the grave Tears trickled from our eyes like streams of blood We stood orphaned beside the newly dug up pit Knowing quite well that the days of glory have fled! When you left, leaving in us a contused wound We hoped time would heal the gash quite soon But with every passing day you're sorely missed Especially when our life goes out of tune At times when I feel lonesome with none to care In weariness I search you among the stars of the sky When my heart twitches with an unknown pain To your comforting presence, my mind does fly Sometimes I envision you coming into my room Smiling that sweet smile in the dead of the night But soon I realize it is only a fleeting vision And from my sight, you vanish like an ethereal sprite Rambling through the avenues of vanished years We remember your sweet assurance, tender care n' love But never will we have the joy of having them again For you flew into the horizon like a gentle dove Your engulfing presence, my tiny world once filled With that old bygone past how I was content A treasure of sweet memories, still I do hold Now your eternal absence, how deeply I lament Oh Mother, though you are dead and gone Our love for you is inscribed deep in our hearts Which nothing can erase or erode and will last Until finally life from our body silently departs!