FAREWELL TO ISABEL
THE PREACHER SPEAKS BUT I DO NOT HEAR
MY SIGHT IS SMEARED BY FLOWING TEARS
FOR WE'RE GATHERED HERE TO BID FAREWELL
TO MY LOVE, MY WIFE, MY ISABEL.
FAMILY STAND IN SORROWFUL LINE
OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS ARE ALL COMBINED.
MY SON HE STANDS BY MY SIDE
HE WAS ISABEL'S LOVE, ISABEL'S PRIDE
MY DAUGHTER HOLDS MY SHAKING HAND
NO TEARS DO FALL BUT I UNDERSTAND.
A TIME WILL COME WHEN SHE WILL LET GO
AND I SHALL BE THERE TO COMFORT SO.
CASKET LOWERED SLOWLY DOWN
AND WEEPING SOBS DROWN OUT ITS SOUND.
ASHES TO ASHES DUST TO DUST ARE DROPPED ON CASKET FROM UP ABOVE.
MY DAUGHTER WHISPERS IT'S TIME TO GO
FOR THERE'S OTHERS WE HAVE TO COMFORT SO.
IT'S THE HARDEST WALK I'VE EVER HAD TO MAKE
FROM SIDE OF GRAVE TO CEMETERY GATE.
I TAKE A LAST LOOK AT HER RESTING PLACE
THIS WOMAN OF LOVE THAT WAS FULL OF GRACE
AND I SAY AGAIN A ANOTHER FAREWELL.
TO MY WIFE MY LOVE MY ISABEL.
BY C R CARROLL 2003