So very sorry for your loss,
At least there was no pain.
These empty words seem meaningless,
When Death has won again.

You have our deepest sympathies,
You're in our thoughts and prayers.
These hollow sounds just echo,
Through the hall and down the stairs.

The numbness is a blessing,
It all seems so unreal.
Til all the words just fall away,
And empty's all you feel.

Late at night, when all is still,
The lonliness sets in.
The thoughts of words you didn't say,
The things that might have been.

Eventu'lly the pain will ebb,
The bitterness, the strife,
To think no more such thoughts of death,
To celebrate the life.

The ones you've loved are never gone,
They still live on in you,
Touching every part of life,
In all you say and do.