It's been over a year, I still miss you

Your contagious laugh, the way you were bold

The words you made up, the stories you told

People would say you belonged in a zoo.

When I heard, I did not think it was true

You could not be sick, you weren't even old

Nevertheless, here the story unfolds:

You left me and there was nothing I could do.

Although you were taken, you're better there

Because God called you home to be with Him

While the rest of us grow stronger through this.

Even though I can be filled with despair, 

I know you're looking down with a huge grin

Letting me know my life is not amiss.