We carried you,
Like a child, that day
As Spring shone around us
And the flowers took bloom
And I wondered if April
Had ever seen so soft a day?
We carried you,
Like a child, that day
And traced each and every journey
We’d made with you along the way,
On busses and trains and airplanes
To foreign towns and holy lands-
Your presence more beloved than the coins you always gave.
We carried you,
Like a child, that day
And remembered
Every knee you had bandaged,
Every tear you had dried
And every belly you had filled
With your apple pies and custard bakes
Fresh brown breads and coffee cakes.
We carried you,
Like a child, that day
As red roses fell
As fluidly as the waters over Niagara
While a breeze brushed our cheeks with a kiss.
We carried you,
Like a child, that day
Your body as weightless
As it was lifeless
While we covered you over with the red petaled ground-
But now we carry you in our hearts forever more.
Mistake me not;
This is no goodbye,
This is just a simple way of saying thank you.