Departed

Departed, but you'll live on... though you've gone

Ash and dust cast to the sky, borne high upon a gust

But you'll live on, in the memories of the others

Those who were your kith and kin and those who were your lovers

Departed, but you'll live on... if only for a while

Fond recollections, fading photographs, two dates in a diary

But you'll live on, in the sun-kissed motes of the dancing air

In all those tales to tell, in those fading memories to share

Departed, but you'll live on... until they've all gone

Until you're just a memory of a memory beyond recall

But you'll live on, a twig, on a branch, on a family tree

Forever there, faded but not forgotten; a spirit esprit