Rainbow Bridge

Should you go first and I remain
To walk the road alone,
I’ll live in memory’s garden, dear,
With happy days we’ve known.

In spring I’ll wait for roses red,
When fades the lilac blue,
In early fall, when brown leaves call
I’ll catch a glimpse of you.

We’ve known so much of brotherhood,
We’ve had our grief and joy,
And memory is one gift of God
That death can not destroy.

Should you go first and I remain,
One thing I’d have to do:
Walk slowly down that long, lone path,
For soon I’ll follow you.

I’ll want to know each step you take
That I may walk the same,
For some day down that lonely road
You’ll hear me call your name.

– A. K. Rowswell

If it should be that I grow frail and weak,
and pain should keep me from my sleep,
then you must do what must be done,
for we know this last battle can’t be won.

You will be sad, I understand,
but don’t let grief then stay your hand,
for this day, more than the rest,
your love and friendship must stand the test.

We’ve had so many happy years,
what is to come can hold no fears.

Would you want me to suffer? So,
when the time comes, please let me go.

Take me where my needs they’ll tend,
only stay with me until the end,
and hold me firm and speak to me,
until my eyes no longer see.

It is a kindness that you do to me,
although my tail it’s last has waved,
from pain and suffering I have been saved.

Do not grieve, it should be you,
who must decide this thing to do.

We’ve been so close, we two these years,
Don’t let your heart hold any tears.

– Author Unknown