This Poem Says It All

Kari Marie Butler

5/27/92 - 4/11/08

"If tomorrow starts without me
     And I'm not there to see
If the sun should rise and find your eyes
     all filled with tears for me.
I wish so much you would'nt cry
     the way you did today
While thinking of the many things
     We didn't get to say.
I know how much you love me
      As much as I love you
And each time that you think of me
      I know you'll miss me too.
But when tomorrow starts without me
      Please try to understand
that an angel came and called my name
      And took me by the hand.
And said my place was ready
      In heaven far above
And that I'd have to leave behind
      all those I dearly love.
But as I turned to walk away
      A tear fell from my eye
For all my life, I'd always thought
      I didn't want to die.
I had so much to live for
      So much left yet to do
It seemed almost impossible
      that I was leaving you.
I thought of all the yesterdays
      The good ones and the bad
I thought of all that we shared
      And all the fun we had.
If I could relive yesterday
      Just even for a while
I'd say good-bye and kiss you
      and maybe see you smile.
But then I fully realized
      that this could never be
For the emptiness and memories
      would take the place of me.
And when I thought of worldly things
      I might miss come tomorrow
I thought of you, and when I did
      my Heart was filled with sorrow.
But when I walked through heaven's gates
      I felt so much at home.
When God looked down and smiled at me
      From His great golden throne.
He said, "this is eternity, and all I've
      promised you."
Today your life on earth is past
      but here life starts anew.
I promise no tomorrow
      but today will always last
and since each day is the same way
      there's no longing for the past.
You have been so faithful
      so trusting and so true.
Though there were times you did some things
      You knew you should'nt do.
But you have been forgiven
       and now at last you're free.
Ao won't you come and take my hand
       and share my life with me?
So when tomorrow starts without me
       don't think we're far apart
For every time you think of me
       I'm right here, in your heart."