Tom

We met within the church's gentle light,

Our voices rising softly in the choir.

Your smile would always make my days so bright,

Our times in prayer would lift my spirit higher.

The green inside your eyes reflecting love,

A beauty living deep inside your soul.

Like gentle mercies falling from above,

Those quiet, knowing looks would make me whole.

Oh, Tom, you looked so deep into my heart,

And loved me like no man I've ever known.

Your warm embrace was safe right from the start,

A resting place I wished I called my own.

Though it was never meant to be, I find,

You are the man I'll love for all of time.

We shared our longest talks, just you and me,

Confiding things that only we could know.

Your voice, the sweetest sound there'll ever be,

In speech or song, it made my spirit glow.

Your laugh was so infectious and so bright,

Your gentle charm would make my own heart melt.

A love too real to just deny or fight,

The truest, deepest love I've ever felt.

Oh, Tom, you looked so deep into my heart,

And loved me like no man I've ever known.

Your warm embrace was safe right from the start,

A resting place I wished I called my own.

Though it was never meant to be, I find,

You are the man I'll love for all of time.

Though it was hard to finally step away,

I let you go to set the balance right.

You had to be the man you are today,

And walk into your own appointed light.

I couldn't be more thankful, faithfully,

For who you were, and who you'll always be.

Oh, Tom, you looked so deep into my heart,

And loved me like no man I've ever known.

Your warm embrace was safe right from the start,

A resting place I wished I called my own.

Though it was never meant to be, I find,

You are the man I'll love for all of time.