Goodbye Old Friend

A headstone with your name on it,
just sitting there on the ground.
I guess this means you’re really dead,
no more clowning around.

You survived until you were 65,
which is what your headstone states.
You were pretty young for such an old guy,
for all of this to take place.

I respect this as your place of rest,
the meeting of your final demise.
You can’t come back so “forget it”,
it’s not even worth your try.

So accept these flowers I brought for you,
as my way to show I care.
My sympathy goes out to your family,
who are lost without you there.

I'll be there when they say goodbye,
and will help them let you go.
It's time for us to say goodbye,
God's here to take you home.