Departure Poem by Tim Rawson

When the time has come
For me to pass
Just a few things I need to ask


Don’t cry cause I’m gone
Don’t cry cause I left
Think of the good things
That my mind possessed

I take my thoughts
I take my soul
Those are all I ever had
That’s what made me whole

The good times we’re many
The bad times we’re more
This life I lived through
Was my only open door

For so long I struggled
To get one step ahead
It all boils down to one thing
We will all end up dead

To those of you who knew me
You knew how I was
To those that didn’t
I was just someone that was

So keep me in your thoughts and mind
Cause its all up to you
That someday we will be as one
And start again, all fresh and new