I wasn't there
When you passed away,
When God took you by the hand
And said follow me this way.
I couldn't bring
Myself to see,
What horrible things
This disease had done to thee.
I'd like to remember you
The way you were.
I think this to myself,
But is it really true?
As you laid in the shadow of death
I pray you felt no fear,
God rest your soul
As you took your final breathe
And shed your last tear.
Where are you going?
What will you see?
Your pain is over,
And you are free.
You didn't show fear
While those around you wept,
My fondest memories of you,
In my heart is where they will be kept.
Ashes to Ashes
And Dust to Dust,
You have passed to a better place
And in this we must trust.
I wasn't there
When you passed away,
When God took you by the hand
And said follow me this way'