Farewell fair friend

Farewell fair friend
Of which I know
Yet not
So well

Farewell may life
Find thee
Joy
In all the roads that lie
Yet for thee ahead

Tread not thee
On any man
But softly
And still

Break thee
Thy will
To His

May thy pride
Which doth divide us
Cease in quickening
Release
All those
Held in thy grip

None unbruised soul remain
Still love I thee
Amidst thy pain

As brother to sister
Tis love so true
Hold this in I
A love for you

May so this love too
Be in you
For all thy fellow man

Whether in good or ill
May it remain with thee still

And so alas
Though our time
Now must pass

Shall memory
That remain
Not stain
What yet
Have we
To gain

May the lessons learned
Linger awhile
And carry thee on
The many mile
Ahead

And so tread
On and on
Until thy
Days grow few

Know that still
Shall love
I you

As brother to sister
Shall always be true
In folly forgiven
In full

Found only in Him
Who holds all things
In His control

-Joshua Lee Foist