Death carries such finality but memories live on.

Influences and habits make us who we are,

Even when we reject beliefs they instill.

The body may be out of our touch,

But their love still fills our hearts.

Pain follows their passing, an emptiness surrounds.

Time may lessen the hurt,

Fear not, good days will return.

Remember the good times,

Embrace those moments, hold them near.

Remember, they may be gone, but never forgotten.