I walked a mile with Pleasure.
She chattered all the way.
But left me none the wiser
For all she had to say.
I walked a mile with Sorrow
And ne'er a word said she;
But oh, the things I learned from her
When Sorrow walked with me!
~Robert Browning

You can shed tears that he is gone,
or you can smile because he has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that he'll come back,
or you can open your eyes and see all he's left.
Your heart can be empty because you can't see him,
or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember him only that he is gone,
or you can cherish his memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind,
be empty and turn your back.
Or you can do what he'd want:
smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

---David Harkins

'Afternoon in February'
The day is ending,
The night is descending;
The marsh is frozen,
The river dead.

Through clouds like ashes
The red sun flashes
On village windows
That glimmer red.

The snow recommences;
The buried fences
Mark no longer
The road o'er the plain;

While through the meadows,
Like fearful shadows,
Slowly passes
A funeral train.

The bell is pealing,
And every feeling
Within me responds
To the dismal knell;

Shadows are trailing,
My heart is bewailing
And tolling within
Like a funeral bell.

~Longfellow 

As you left you said you'd be back
and promised that we would be together again.
Visions of the future
of all the fun times you had promised filled my head
as we bid farewell.

Come back, brother
don’t leave me alone in this world.
We're related by blood,
Best friends forever.
Don't break that bond,
Come back home to me.

Your face brightens my day,
And your voice is music to me,
Your smile is a treasure,
And your love and kindness are forever,
And I'll miss all that, while you are gone.

You're the friend God sent me,
An angel who'd look after me.
Heaven sent you are,
So why leave me now.
Our fun never seemed to end,
And our laughter filled the air

As time passes by,
And memories fade away,
I'll find a way to keep you alive
And ill hope forever,
Someday you'll come home to me.

You are my brother,
You are my friend,
We're linked together
And I'll always watch out for you,
Because I know you watch out for me,
No matter where you are.
 

~ Ayesha Patel

A little girl needs Daddy
For many, many things
Like holding her high off the ground
Where the sunlight sings!

Like being the deep music
That tells her all is right
When she awakens frantic with
The terrors of the night.

Like being the great mountain
That rises in her heart
And shows her how she might get home
When all else falls apart.

Like giving her the love
That is her sea and air,
So diving deep or soaring high
She'll always find him there.

Sometimes, when one person is absent, the whole world seems depopulated
~Allphonse de Lamartine