Goodbye my Friend
My tears are not of loss
But of time too quickly gone.
I miss our days together
Even while they’re going on. I savor odd, sweet moments
When you laugh or when you smile,
Nostalgic for your presence
Though you’re with me all the while. Strange how fantasy
Can wander in and out at will,
Looking back from somewhere
That is just beyond a hill. And so when once you leave
You will not leave me alone,
For I will have you with me
Long, long after you are home
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon
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Today my good friend Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Havens lost her 9 month battle against the cervical cancer ravaging her body. She was surrounded by family and friends as she passed into the beyond. May she walk beside God in his kingdom in heaven, looking down fondly on those of us who loved her so. Goodbye my friend…you’ll be missed more than you’ll ever know.
