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A Poem To Pay Respect To Those Who Have Left

For all the people trying to find the strength in dealing with someone important not being with us anymore.

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To one of the greatest people, I've ever met, almost every day I wish that you had never left.

I know the saying goes that you're in a better place, but that doesn't mean I don't want to see your face.

I can't help but think about you all the time, I miss the days of us in our prime.

Sometimes I swear that I see your face in the clouds, and I think of when we stood together in crowds.

No matter who was near, you were always by my side and you were always around to take a ride.

I can't help but wonder why it was you, I'm sure no one else would make me this blue.

But that's not fair for me to wish, to think that your life was worth more would be foolish.

I can't beg for someone else to be taken instead, that would just mean someone else's family is dead.

I know that I have to try to let you go, but every day, I'll still love you, I hope you know.

I hope you can still remember us, if not, maybe your memory will adjust.

I wish no sorrow or worry anymore, that in the afterlife is uncalled for.

Begging some greater power to bring you back would just make my heart feel really black.

I can't pretend that my pain has decreased, but I know that your pain has finally ceased.

I just pray that our memories won't be forgotten; that's one thing that would make me feel rotten.

I don't know where your soul has traveled now, I'm not sure if heaven is real anyhow.

Wherever you've decided to rest in peace, your legacy of greatness will never cease.

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