Hand-in-hand they stood side by side <br />As together silent tears they cried, <br />Comfort in each other found <br />As the coffin dropped into the ground. <br /> <br />A wife, a mother, taken away, <br />A last farewell on this sad day. <br />They stood there, hearts and minds as one, <br />Step-father he and he step-son. <br /> <br />No greater loss had either known, <br />No more important seed unsown, <br />Yet for an instant he was glad <br />To hear the words 'Let's go home, dad'<br /><br />Terry Donovan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/life-goes-on-9/
