Deceased In Name Only Poem by Francis Duggan

Deceased in name only our deceased friends not gone
From us forever in our memories they live on
As long as the faculty of memory we retain
Our departed friends not truly deceased with us they remain
Deceased people I knew are still with me today
I see them as they were though 'tis said they lay
In Nature's earthy bosom though them I can see
They breathe and they live on in my memory
Deceased in name only my friends are not dead
Though of their passing from life I have heard and I've read
I see them quite often their voices I hear
In my flights of fancy to me they appear
Deceased in name only with me they remain
And when I memorize I do meet them again.