Don"t think of me as dead and gone
Please understand I have just moved on
God took my hand when you thought I had died
And led me over to the other side.
There's a better life than the one we know
And to it one day we all must go
No more pain or hardship, or times of misery
Instead there's all our loved ones
As happy as can be.

You may not see me for a little while
Hear me laugh or see me smile
But I promise you with all my heart
From the ones I love I will never part.
I will always be with you, however far you walk
I will always listen, when you feel you need to talk
So when you are saddened or driven to despair
Take comfort from the knowledge that I am always there.

One day soon I will share with you the happiness I have found
And you will see life doesn't end six feet beneath the ground
Forget about graveside visits and fresh flowers every day
A yearly verse in the papers is surely not the way
When there is something you want to say
Or you wish that I was near
Just talk to me like you always did
I promise I will hear.

David Osborne