(A)lone(ly)

I am sick, I am tired
My life shall soon expire
But I'm cheerful and still i have hope.
With a limp in my walk,
An absent voice when i talk
My hand still works so i'll write.

I experience the void completely alone
With no one to comfort or hold me,
I can think of this life i have known.
There were ups, there were downs
As i smiled and frowned
But with my roots in the ground
I was never brought down.

I remember my children
God rest their souls.
I remember my wife;
Our love in the days of old.
My brother and sister
How he and i missed her
And now he too, is gone.

I though, must stay at least for today
Until this pen has no ink
Until these eyes cannot blink.
When my day is done
I will know i have won
For i loved with my heart
The creator and his son set apart.

Not much longer alone.
I had ups, i had downs.
Oh, i can feel it in my bones
I believe my time is now.

With that he died a peaceful death
Forever unto eternal rest.