A tribute from one brother to another
2011 September 26
Created by June 11 years ago
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone
Prevent Reggie from barking with a juicy bone
Silence Austen's guitar and with muffled drum
Bring him out, let the mourners come.
Austen was my North, my South, my East and West
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk and song;
I thought our love would last for ever, I was not wrong.
The stars are not wanted now, put out all but one
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the oceans and sweep up the wood
For nothing now Austen will seem any good.
Stu you can shed tears that I have gone,
or you can smile because I will live on
You can close your eyes and pray that I'll come back
Or you can open your eyes and see all that I have left.
Your heart maybe empty because I can't be seen
But love remains wherever I have been.
You can remember me bro and only that I have gone
Or you can cherish my memory and let me live on.
You can try and close your mind, be empty and turn your back
Or you can do what I would want ...... smile, open your eyes, love and keep on track.
This is a journey that we must all take and each must go alone
it's all part of the master plan and step on the road to home
When you are lonely, and sick of heart, go to the friends we know, and bury your sorrows in doing good deeds.
Miss me..... but let me go.
My body is gone but I am always near......
I'm everything you feel, see and hear,
My spirit is free but I'll never depart, as long as you keep me alive in your heart........
I'll never wonder out of your sight, I'm the brightest star on a summer night .........
I'll never be beyond your reach, I'm the warm moist sand when your at the beach.
When you start thinking there's no one to love you,
You can talk to me through whatever surrounds you
I'll whisper, my answer through the leaves on the trees, and you'll feel my presence in the soft summer breeze.
I'm the hot salty tears that flow when you weep, and the beautiful dreams that come through sleep
I'm the smile you see on a baby's face
Just look for me, my friends ..... I'm every place.
There maybe times you miss me, I sort of hope you do,
But smile when you think of me,
For I'll be waiting for you..........