Thank you

WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENS

IT?S LIKE THE SHARPEST PAIN

ONE CAN EVER FEEL

AND ONE NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD

BE POSSIBLE TO FEEL AT ALL.

THEN WHEN THE INTITAL

SHOCK TO THE HEART

SUPPASSES SO MANY EMOTIONS

MAKE THEIR WAY INTO

THE CHAMBERS OF OUR HEARTS

THAT WE NEVER KNOW

IF THE HEART IS CAPABLE

OF ALL THIS CARRIAGE.

YET, WE CARRY THEM

SOME VIOLENTLY, ANGERILY

OR SUBDUED, AND QUIET

AND WE ALL FEEL IT

IN OUR WAY

AND BRING OUR FRIEND

INTO REMEMBRANCE

OF ALL THE MEMORIES

WE TOOK FOR GRANTED

AND NOW ARE ALL WE HAVE.

THANK YOU FOR THE MEMORIES,

THANK YOU FOR THE LAUGHTER,

THANK YOU FOR CONNECTING

THE ONES YOU LOVE THE MOST

IN THE BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP

BY YOUR BEAUTIFUL EXISTENCE

AND THROUGH THE PERSON YOU WERE

AND THE MEMORY WE WILL

CARRY NOW THAT YOU?RE GONE,

YOU STILL TEACH ON.

YOU TAUGHT US ABOUT THE BONDS

OF FRIENDSHIP, OF NEED AND SUPPORT

THAT CAN ONLY COME FROM LOVE.

THAT YOU KNEW ALL ALONG

AND SHOWED US EVERYDAY

BUT WE NEVER REALIZED THE LESSON,

UNTIL YOU CONNECTED US

EVEN MORE IN THE PRESENCE OF YOUR ABSENCE.

IT HURTS STILL,

BUT ALSO UPLIFTS

THAT YOU LOVED US SO MUCH

AND WE'LL BE WITH YOU

AS YOU ARE WITH US.

IN THE UNITY OF MEMORIES,

THAT ARE NOW THE TREASURES

WE MUST HOLD, FOREVER

IN THE CARRIAGE OF OUR HEARTS.

BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW,

All WE GOT LEFT.

FEB. 6,1998

*Sing with the angels, Kimmy. Goodbye.