To Our Loving Parents

The air is filled with love today
it helps us hide our sorrow
We only wish we had the chance
to spend the day with you tomorrow

We never got to say goodbye
what we’d give for one more day
Many words we didn’t get to say to you
before you went away

We’d talk about what you have missed
and things that might have been
And then we’d share our dreams of what
the future might portend

We’re proud to have you as our parents
we hope we make you proud too
Whenever we tell our stories of you
our pride shines right on through

You ensured our needs were always met
often forgoing your own wants
You instilled in us a work ethic
passed down generations without flaunt

You were always there for us
no matter the reason or the favor
Never once did we doubt your love
never judging our misbehavior

And although you may be gone
we often feel you hovering nearby
Just imagining your warm embrace
one only a parent can provide

All our memories of you are good ones
of this you can be sure
Although it may not have seemed that way
when we were less mature

Our gratitude is boundless
wish we’d told you that in person
Without your love and guidance
our lives would be less certain

We now return your ashes to the earth
joined together near this stone
Here where grandpa and grandma rest
in the place they called home

One day our lives will also end
perhaps again we’ll be together
Until then, we thank you both
for loving us forever

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Special Note: My brother and I are fortunate to have had such wonderful and loving parents. This weekend, we will be spreading our mother’s ashes next to those of our father, while reading this poem.

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Linked to dVerse Poets Pub — Open Link Night, where Lillian is hosting.