Sympathy Saturday: Gone But Not Forgotten--A Poem to the Dean Family

I sit and ponder o'er your life

As by your grave I stand

Of how you brought into this world

The life now in my hand

You came into a muddled world

A small life to begin

Raised by the hands of those who loved

and gave their lives to kin

I think about your pains and joys

Your triumphs and your falls

I never met you in this life

But something to me calls

I feel I know you from those times

I read about your life

Your story lives inside my heart

And calms me through my strife

I feel a closeness words can't tell

I stand here by your grave

So grateful for a legacy

And what to life you gave