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.