Thank You

I've known it all along

You'd return to Mother Earth

Now that time has come

That knowing doesn't stop the hurt

Before you set off on your way

Please allow me 'cause I forgot to say

Thank you for everything you did for me

Thank you for friendship and for family

Thank you for your lasting positivity

Thank you you will live on in my memory

Thanks for all you did for me

You fought through all the years

Now we lay you down to rest

I'm holding back the tears

And the words our hearts cannot express

Picture you at peace in the clouds

Let's all join hands and together sing aloud

Thank you for everything you did for me

Thank you for friendship and for family

Thank you for your lasting positivity

Thank you you will live on in my memory

Thanks for all you did for me

Dust we are and to dust we all return

That's been the way since the dawn of man

Thanks for leaving your spirit behind

We dedicate to you and sing this one more time

Thank you for everything you did for me

Thank you for friendship and for family

Thank you for your lasting positivity

Thank you you will live on in my memory

Thank you my everything from A to Z

Thank you for wisdom that you gave for free

Thank you for peace and love and harmony

Thank you may your fire burn eternally

Thanks for all you did for me

Thank you

Thank you for being a friend and for being my family

Thank you for being a satellite in my world

Someone I can turn to for advice and support

Thank you for being a blessing in my life

Thank you for bringing me hope when all seemed doomed

For helping me to appreciate the little things

And that life's not all about the big things

Thank you for the lessons about learning to love everybody equally

And not to be judgemental

When we judge others in most cases we judge ourselves

Thank you for helping me to understand the power of forgiveness

And for cutting ties with negative thoughts and emotions

Thank you for teaching me that to react with anger is the easy option

And not to take on the anger of others

Doing so we lose the chance of a little serenity

That we will never get back

Now I realise my thoughts and actions must be conscious

Must be deliberate must be considered

Not simply adopted because someone tells me I must

I am responsible

Thank you for reminding me to be myself

I am the best version of me

And no-one can do you better than you can

So thank you