The People’s Quill: Dedicated to Mark Gardner

You’ll hurt no more

You’ll be going home

To a place of comfort

A place unknown…

I am so sorry

For when I was mean

Or those simple things I did

When answers were unseen…

I pray that you lived

And did all you could

Often times your life

was misunderstood.

I’ll miss your humor

Silly jokes and all

And knowing you were happy

Going camping in the fall…

The hurt you hid

So deep inside

No one knows

The tears you’ve cried…

So, rest in Peace

With the Lord close by

Our tears on Earth will someday dry.

 

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