I'm Right Here

This was written for a past friend of mine in Texas who lost her niece in a sudden car crash. I wrote this the night before the funeral and read it in front of the family and friends during the services. RIP Brandi you are loved and missed by many!

when tomorrow starts without me

and i'm not there to see

if the sun should rise and find your eye's

all filled with tears for me

i wish you wouldn't cry

the way you did today

while thinking of the many things

we didn't get to say

i know how much you all love me

as much as i love you

and each time that  you think of me

i know you'll miss me too

but when tomorrow starts without me

please try to understand

that an angel came and called my name

and took me by the hand

and said my place was ready

in heaven far above

and that i'd have to leave behind

all of you whome i dearly love

but as i turned to walk away

a tear fell from my eye

for my life i'd alway thought

i didn't want to die

i had so much to live for

so much left yet to do

it seemed almost impossible

that i was leaving all of you

i thought of all the yesterdays

the good ones and the bad

i thought of all the love we all shared

and the fun we all had

if i could relive yesterday

just even for a while

i'd say good bye and kiss you all

and maybe see all of you smile

but then i fully realized

that this could never be

for emptiness and memories

would take the place of me

and when i thought of worldly things

i might miss come tomorrow

i thought of you and when i did

my heart was filled with sorrow

but when i walked through heavens gates

i felt so much at home

when God looked down and smiled at me

from His great golden throne

he said "this is eternity"

and all i've promised you

today your life on earth is past

but here it starts a new

i promise no tomorrow

but today will always last

and since each day's the same way

theres no longing for the past

your have been so faithful

so trusting and so true

though there were times

you did some things

you know you shouldn't do

but you have been forgiven

and now at last your free

so want  you come and take my hand

and share my life with me

so when tomorrow starts without me

don't think were far apart

for everytime you think of me

i'm right here in your hearts