GONE TOO SOON DEAR

They say all things happen for good,

They say time will heal, they say there is a reason,

But really, is there any reason for this?

 Will time really heal??

Nothing in this world,

 That grieves my heart this much,

 Like your departure Eric,

Very tormenting and heart breaking,

A gift gone too soon I say.

I have had the longest hours to say,

Since the reception of that life changing call,

I can't imagine that you are no more beautiful heart stopped beating,

Gone never to come back again.

Why bonds break I know not,

 Imagining it is such a night mare,

Taking my mind back to the memory lane,

Of days we've spend together,

 I will it was only a dream.

 Auntie wished to see what you'd have become,

Probably a pastor, a doctor or even a president,

 I believed there was a seed of greatness in you,

Auntie prayed for you and your future,

But lo! You just breathed your last.

Are there nannies in heaven?

Who will look after you?

Patient enough to feed you?

Will they play with you to see you smile?

Or you'll love the tune of the praising angels?

 I wish this was just a dream,

If only you have gone on a journey,

After which you'd come back home,

But then you are not on a journey,

And this is a painful reality.

Time to grieve and to weep,

 My heart has found it hard,

Even to let the words out of my mouth,

For many questions are unanswered,

But I'll let my heart cry out the weight,

As I let you to rest in peace. 

(For my nephew, Eric Mwendwa, Gone too soon, R.I.P Auntie will miss you. Laura Lizz B, 19^th March 2016)