My Constant

As I have struggled through countless trials
Thinking I'd lose it all,
You've been my constant and my best friend
Ready to catch me when I fall.
Just like the time when I lost my close friends
Hurting right to the core,
You came on wings of healing friendship
With loyalty forevermore.
The only reason I am here at all
Is because you keep me standing tall.

Life is a long, hard journey
But you help see me through!
You're with me on this journey
And let me lean on you.
When dark clouds are threatening
And my world seems to turn black,
You are still there, my constant,
The wind at my back!

Lost on life's sea with no direction
Knowing not where to turn,
You are my constant shining north star
Fixed in one place you always burn.
You do not change if we're close together
Or if we are far apart.
We have a bond that can't be broken.
We are both linked inside our hearts.
And now all that I really want to say,
Is, "Thanks for being my friend today!"

Life is a long, hard journey
But you help see me through!
You're with me on this journey
And let me lean on you.
When dark clouds are threatening
And my world seems to turn black,
You are still there, my constant,
The wind at my back!

Perfectly Disjointed

Faces on the photograph are strange.
All are smiling in the endless sunshine,
No sense of future sorrows.
Perfectly together they're all joined,
All for one and one for all's their motto.
They're dreaming of tomorrows.

That was then, but this is now, it seems.
Grain by grain the time has passed us slowly
And slowly we were struck blind.
Thought by thought and word by word we changed.
Hostile words slew gentle words and acts soon followed.
Caught unaware, our progress declined.

Division multiplies and adds more strife
'Til I'm torn and feel like I am empty--
Nothing but a hollow frame.
As I look and see what we've become,
A tear creeps out my eye as I wonder
If things will ever be the same.

For Cindy

Every time we see
A young and happy child,
We will always think of you
And always see your smile.
The children were your joy.
Oh, how you loved them so!
So we will also love them
And radiate your glow.

We will hold on to your mem’ry.
We will keep it burning bright.
We will keep you with us,
Though you’re gone from our sight.

In each thing we do
We won’t be far apart
For when we are together,
We’ll keep you in our hearts.
We never can forget
The time we got to share,
We’ll always stay united
And always show we care.

Though you’ve passed beyond our vision,
In our hearts you’re still alive.
For there we keep a shrine for you,
Where our love will always thrive.

Cindy, mother, aunt,
Daughter, sister, friend,
We will always honor you,
And your memory defend.
We’ll give as you gave,
We’ll help each one in need
To show how much you blessed us
In thought and word and deed.

No, we never will forget you;
Nor the person that you’ve been.
We’ll keep alive your goodness
‘Til we see you once again.