Garry Lee Stephens Tribute

A year has past, where has it gone?
I have been lost in grief for far too long..

Inside my head I replay the call..
It's been a nightmare, It's when I lost it all...

It was my dad, he was on the line he said to me, Tina.. It's your brother..
in the background I heard the screams of my mother..

I dropped to the ground with the phone in my hand..
It must have been an hour before I could stand..

Mind set a blur, with my emotions all mixed..
My family chain was now broken and felt, it will never again be fixed..

Since the day my brother died, my mind has been scattered..
searching within, what's life all about? asking myself..what really mattered?

Sorting through the guilt and feeling the shame,
I never said I'm sorry, no.. that day never came..

Now, I will hold on to hope that somehow it's true
that with heaven comes forgiveness and hope that, somehow he knew...

Today It's a year since he left us on earth.
filled with so much sadness and regret ..what's it all worth?

It is now time to let it go..
It's time to say goodbye to all the shame..
It is time to begin my life here with a new year.. without pain..

I will save the I'm sorry's for him another day..
now I will send my love to him up to heaven today..

I know I will see him there, somehow.. someway..
Our family chain will link back together again in heaven someday..



Today we will all light a candle and just like your soul, it will shine!
In remembrance of you, sweet brother of mine...

Love you forever,
Tinky