Angel

We all enter and leave through doors we never knew and cannot foresee. What we leave in the rooms of our lives in between is what marks us and weighs the balance of how we loved and how much we were loved.

Many, many rooms in many, many lives felt the love of this angel.

You left us with no warning,
Without saying goodbye,
No festival parting hug
No cheeky cheerio
No, see you later
Not even a silly high five.

You slipped through our fingers
Like mist on the sea,
Our hearts carved wide open,
It feels like forever we’ll bleed.

Yes, you left without warning,
But you left us so much.
The memories that you gave us
Will remain here to save us,
Right here to remind us
Of your tender touch.

Your warm teas in the morning
And you always being on hand
With a shoulder to cry on
Or to help out a band,
Then there’s Kerrie’s knickers you stole
And the honour you gave us
With a share of your soul.
That great golden glory
That we’ll miss till our end.

Rest easy you angel,
Thanks for being our friend.