Till we Meet Again…

How can I say I loved you now that you are long gone?
How can I say I miss you whilst I didn’t take time to see you when I should have?
How can I cope with your absence when I wasn’t accustomed to your presence?
How can I reminisce of memories we never made?
How can I write of a past we never shared?
How can I say goodbye when I barely said hello
Death is a thief of time
Time I should have spent with you
Time I should have taken to know you
All that is left now is thoughts of what could have been
How can I say goodbye when I barely said hello
Death is a teacher
Taught me to love when I should not because I must
That life is too short to not love those around me
That life is too short to not live right
So how can I say goodbye when I barely said hello
Death is a song
I sang my mourning like clockwork
Cried out my hurt like a broken record
I tried to find a scapegoat to blame
And these songs reminded me that my bitterness
Relied heavily on the fact I was not there when it mattered
I was hiding in the shadows, loving you from afar
Tell me, how I can say goodbye when I barely said hello
Death is final
Our lives stretched far beyond us
And death, he said no, put an end to yours
I’m wrong, it was actually Mercy, the mercy of He that made you for us that said no.
No more would you suffer in this world, in your short ailment
And HE out of his mercy called you to perfect, final rest
Called you into his home
To live is Christ and to die is gain
It’s selfish to want you here on earth with us
Because God is greater than us and his will is more perfect than our needs and desires
So I choose not to say Goodbye, because I barely got the chance to say Hello.
Therefore I say Rest thee peacefully in Christ Dear
Till we meet again.