As the end of days draws ever closer I look back on my life with tearful eyes Seeing the mistakes I made with regret And wishing I could change some things Yet knowing I cannot

Easy now to see the path I should have walked Yet so hard at the time to resist my heart Knowing what is right to do Is so different from doing what's right A lesson, which took my life to learn

Finding now that some day never comes Has crushed my weary spirit All that I had and hoped for is gone Leaving me no more dreams to dream Only sadness for what could have been

To the ones I truly loved, I offer a wish for happiness You know who you are, as I do too You were the ones who really knew me And not just the image of what was expected You took me as I am or was, without question

When the end of days has finally come Don't look for me in a cold dark grave Seek me in the things, which I loved so dear You who truly loved me will know just where I'll be there with smiling face, with no more care

This is not good-bye, nor a cry for help Just someone who wasn't ready to walk this earth My leaving should not be a sad time, but a time for joy As this time on earth was never for me Be happy for me, for now is my time of peace

Dave. N. Walker. (c)