A Poem from the Children

You never said you were leaving
You never said goodbye
You were gone before I knew it,
And only God knew why
A million times we needed you,
A million times we have cried.
If love alone could have saved you,
You never would have died.
In life, we loved you dearly
In death, we love you still
In my heart you hold a place
That nobody could ever fill.
It broke our hearts to lose you,
But you didn’t leave alone,
For part of us went with you,
The day God took you home.