My mind is stunned, my eyes weep.
I turn my head to see the snow falling.
The sadness grows in my heart.
I'm a puddle, no use to comfort.
The world just lost a beautiful soul.
Does anyone know?
He honored his country.
He was a great father, brother, friend, and in-law.
He will be missed: a star that shone brightly.
The laughter he made, with a quick joke or two.
Wishing death never comes, to those we love.
Regretting the time we never spent.
Honoring the soldier he was in life.
A Marine, in a war we shouldn't have fought.
At last, he came home; battered, troubled, and a little worse for wear.
He continued being a great man, living into his seventies.
Terrible disabilities, life's way of saying we're all just human.
The pain and torture invaded his body.
A part of his past comes back to haunt him.
God sees, God comes, God takes his tortured body home.
Goodbye, my brother-in-law.
Goodbye, until we meet again.
Goodbye.