Jesse Paul Franco

They Say

They say memories are golden,

well, maybe that is true.

I never wanted memories,

I only wanted you.

A million times I needed you,

a million times I cried.

If love alone could have saved you,

you never would have died.

In life I loved you dearly.

In death I love you still.

In my heart you hold a place,

no one could ever fill.

If tears could build a stairway

and heartache make a lane,

I’d walk the path to heaven

and bring you back again.

Our family chain is broken

and nothing seems the same,

but as God calls us one by one,

the chain will link again.