I Will Care Always

By: Felix L. Perry

In soft satin and black he was laid on his back

While the piper played amazing grace

So few sat to mourn, but one heart so forlorn

Her silent tears left streaks down her face

With words left unsaid, in her soft suit of red

She prayed that somehow he’d know

In her dreams they still strolled until they grew old

Sharing love’s all encompassing glow

So much left unsaid, buried now with the dead

Their promises to lay dormant and still

In her heart he still smiles, and visits for a while

She knows he’s waiting just over the next hill

He’ll run his hand through her hair, holding her near

His lips kissing a promise nay more to part

Then a wisp of a breeze, like God’s invisible keys

For a second re-opens a door in her heart

Though they closed the lid, in her life he still lived

And smiling she walks out the church door

Then looks to the sky, wiped away her last cry

Now knowing the meaning of love evermore…