The Last Sunset
 
The sun sets with silent acclaim
On your pale beloved features in the dim glow;
I touch your cold hand with tears of goodbye,
This last time that I’ll ever see your face...

As the casket lid closes between you and me.
As the sun sets in an orange warmed sky,
Memories come pouring through my mind
Thousands of sunsets, of youth and growing,

Heartbreak sometimes too torturous to bear.
Through it all, you were always there for me
Holding my hand, offering comfort, giving love...
Your gentle voice and strength were my foundation

Telling me, ‘that too shall pass bringing a return of joy’
How many times you felt worrisome pain
When I exercised freedom and willfulness?
Now as a mother, I know what it’s like

To allow one’s own children to walk alone.
You aged slowly, and as the years passed by
I never imagined you would some day die;
Then your beautiful smile began to fade...

Illness damaged your life before my eyes.
Now, I sing farewell hoping your spirit soars
With the angels in heaven near the throne of God.
May you rest like a healthy sleeping child...