The face that was familiar is no more
Yet with my mind I conjure up his eyes
His last warm smile, his wink,oh my sweet Lord
As I whispered psalms he made his flight
The face that was familiar now has gone
I see it inadvertently by need
I shall never seek another one
With eyes and lips and speech that I might heed.
The face that was familiar comes in dreams
Yet when I waken he is not in place
And so with grief my body hunches, squeezed
To keep the heart from ravages unsafe
O face familiar,now like leaves you’ve flown
And I am left alone in homeless home
