For Bruce

Bruce Alyson Gates - 4/59-5/07

I’m sorry you’re hurting
But please don’t mourn me
For at last I am happy
I am finally free

I can soar with the hawk
High over the wood
I can rustle the leaves
Where in life I had stood

I’m the first ray of dawn
I’m noontime’s warm light
I’m evening’s first star
I’m the songs of the night

You can’t understand
Why I left you so soon
But you’ll now hear my voice
In the call of the loon

When you miss me look up
To the sky where I soar
Go out to the woods
To the place I adore

I am always with you
Look around and you’ll see
I am finally happy
At last I am free

Lisa Ritcher