If tears could build a stairway

And memories a lane,

I'd walk right up to Heaven

And bring you home again.

No farewell words

were spoken, No time

to say goodbye,

You were gone before

We knew it and

only God know why.

When Tomorrow Starts Without Me

When tomorrow starts without me, and I'm not there to see
If the sun should rise and find your eyes all filled with tears for me
I wish so much you wouldn't cry, the way you did today
While thinking of the many things we didn't get to say

I know how much you love me, as much as I love you
And each time that you think of me, please try to understand
That an angel came and called my name and took me by the hand
And said my place was ready, in heaven far above
And that I'd had to leave behind all those I dearly love

But as I turned to walk away, a tear fell from my eye
For all my life I'd always thought, I'd didn't watt to die
I had so much to live for, so much yet to do
It seemed almost impossible that I was leaving you

I thought of all the yesterdays, the good ones and the bad
I thought of all the love we shared, and all the fun we had
If I could relive yesterday, just even for awhile
I'd say goodbye and kiss you, and maybe see you smile
But then I fully realize that this could never be
For emptiness and memories would take the place of me

And when I thought of worldly things I might miss come tomorrow
I thought of you, and when I did, my heart was filled with sorrow
But when I walked through heaven's gates I felt so much at home
When God looked down and smiled at me from his great golden throne
He said, "This is eternity, and all I've promised you
For today life on earth is past, but here it starts anew
I promise no tomorrow, but today will always last
And since each day is the same day, there's no longing for the past

You have been so faithful, so trusting and so true
Though there were times you did some things, you knew you shouldn't do
Bur you have been forgiven, and now at last you’re free
So won't you take my hand and share my life with me?"

So when tomorrow starts without me, don’t think we’re far apart for every time you think off me, I'm right here in your heart

My Favorite Thing

What it was,

What it will always be.

Something so special,

It means so much to me.

Sad and lonely,

What I would desperately be without it.

Happiness forever,

What I will have with it no doubt.

Special memories,

Both good and bad.

Stuck in my head are they,

Both happy and sad.

Things I absolutely refuse to forget,

Something I will never dismay.

Talking about continuously,

Figments of my imagination some say.

But what my favorite thing will always be,

Is seeing us together in memories.

© Stefani Lorton