Journey
 
We are on a journey
all must take
do not ask how long 
only seek how well
Shall we meet again
though no one knows
such hopes remain
but it is better now
that we cannot tell
 
Have I loved
was my love returned
Was that love deserved
loved ones needs observed
Did my footprints go
in life's sometime bitter snow
towards the will to know
or wander reason without rhyme
a prisoner of time
 
Did I leave paths untrod
other’s pain uneased
was courage by my side
did kindness and compassion guide
Did I deserve the sacred gift of life
without the recompense of God
In freedom all is will
when I did not choose wisely
did I sometimes choose well. 
 
Though now I take my leave of you
my love abides undimmed
lover friend daughter son
no rancour left for anyone
Absence is my form of presence now
memory my place to be
from now until your journey's end
in loving heart and searching mind
please remember me