No Cause To Weep
by Michael Doyle

There is in life's turning away
Like that of a new day's dawning
The sort of thing in a man's way
Of time spent sipping lemonade under the awning

Until that day, when life simply slips away
And the miracle of love has its final say
Taking that honest man up to meet his wife
And brings the peace to end life's strife

No longer fighting for that last breath
On that day, he's no longer afraid of death
His reasons to live, in that take and give,
Was taken from him years ago when he survived

And she was no longer there to hold his hand
It was the pain he lived through to understand
The strain that God had left him to quietly care
For his children, but she was no longer there

The love of what had been a beautiful, simple life
Leaving him often in dull loneliness without his wife
And though we find much in the ways of sadness
His wife, at last, called him home from this madness

He had loved her since he was just a young boy
All that was left were the memories he enjoyed
She came to him one night in a peaceful dream
Holding him closer than love's timeless seam

With a smile on his face
He called out her name to timelessly embrace
The love that he had always known
And he returned to her in a true love shown

Their souls belonged together as two into one
And their life's journey was finally done
It's said he passed peacefully in his sleep
The smile on his face says there is no cause to weep

(R.I.P. Tom Ryker, your life's example shines
as an example of how a good love should be lived)

(c) March 20, 2024   Michael Doyle
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