I took my place with the rest of the mourners
Sat quietly waiting for the service to start,
Trying so hard to hold back my emotions
All I could hear was the pounding of my heart.
My eyes rested on the coffin in front of me
As my thoughts strayed to my friend inside,
To a man I had looked after for 6 years
And for him my heart silently cried.
The service began and I listened carefully
To the minister`s words as he spoke of John,
Then his daughter June spoke about her Dad`s life
For his children, a better man on earth, there was none.
As silence fell I thought of each day I saw him
He`d be sitting in his chair just waiting for me,
I would shout `hello` and he`d say `hello Bubbles`
That was his term of endearment for me.
I saw him 5 days a week for the last 6 years
And I enjoyed every minute spent with John,
We laughed and joked and put the world to rights
But that is the end for now he is gone.
Before I realized, I was silently crying
My tears slowly fell from my heavy heart,
My tears are words that my heart cannot speak
Telling of my sorrow now that we have to part.
I said my goodbye`s silently to him
As the curtains slowly took him from view,
Now he and Scamp would be together again
Both free from pain to start life anew.
