BALLAD TO VIRGINIA ALI
TODAY I FELT MY MOM HAD JUST PASSED
WAS AGES AGO, JUST DAYS, IT SEEMS
FEELS LIKE I SPOKE TO HER YESTERDAY
OF ALL OUR HOPES, & LOVES, & DREAMS
IN MY HEART SHE DID RECOVER
SHE WENT QUIETLY IN HER SLEEP
SHE'S FINALLY WITH MY DAD WHO LOVES HER
FOR THAT, I SMILE, AND OFTEN WEEP
MY FAMILY MORNS HER GENTLE PASSING
& SO TO HER ALL HER FRIENDS & KIN
TRULY A REMARKABLE LADY
FULL OF PEP UNTIL THE END
I PRAY THAT THERE'LL BE ANGELS SINGING
AND WALKS WITH DAD IN FIELDS SO LUSH
THO I'M NOT BE THERE TO WALK BESIDE'EM
I HOPE THEY'RE HAPPY WITH ALL OF US
BRING PEACE TO HER & THOSE BESIDE HER
COMPASSION, HOPE & FREE OF PAIN
TO ALL OF HER CHILDREN AND THEIR OFFSPRING
MAY THEY ALL RIDE THAT GRAVY TRAIN
GOOD BYE TO YOU, MY DEAREST DARLING
BE SATISFIED WITH ALL YOUR FRUIT
MAY ALL WHO LOVE YOU, KNOW YOUR BLESSINGS
AND KNOW YOUR JOY IN THEIR PURSUITS
LET'S SING THIS BALLAD TO VIRGINIA ALI
THAT LIGHT THAT CUTS STRAIGHT THRU THE DARK
OUR WORLD RECOGNIZES THE BLESSING YOU ARE
FOR ALL, IN LOVE, WE KNOW YOUR HEART
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