Today’s your birthday but you’re not here
Thinking of you draws out lonely tears
You’ve been called home but we celebrate
No longer seen, but for the birth this date
What you did here matters more than now
Leaving your mark, teaching others how
The kid with the eyes that smiled always
Even when the toll’s taken in the last days
My heart sings in memory, our final embrace
Gently searching for the light in your face
Rest in peace my cousin as we carry on
One day ahead we shall all join together yon