Keep the faith, you said

Time and time again

They all quoted it as their favorite

I can still hear your voice

Although it’s getting fainter

And the people gathered wondered

How did it all end like this

Why does one day break with normality

And the sun set in a heartbreak beyond

What any of us thought could be

It wasn’t your fault but do you see

All of us that are left behind

A wife, a daughter, so many friends

A community that didn’t die with you

But will surely never be whole again

I don’t think I ever said thank you

For the life you helped give to me

I’m not unique in saying

I am who I am because of you

You gave me a chance and I took it

And nothing has ever been the same

You gave me a chance and I took it

And look at who I am

Keep the faith, you said

And sometimes it was easy to do so

The look is a child’s eye when she

Finally learned something new

But more often it was hard

And today feels somehow harder

But if I told you that now I know you would

Say “Hadley, get a grip”

It’s only life after all

And though today we hurt

With a hole that will never be full

I’ll keep you with me, wherever I go

Keep your voice inside my head

Reminding me, imploring me

To keep the faith

In memory of JC