The Only Life That WIll Last

He fell from this life to death way too fast,
When he should've had decades to pass,
Once a vibrant life now dead and gone,
Silence left where once there was a song,
Left behind parents drowning in their grief,
Crying out to You for some kind of relief,
A bitter funeral and burial soon to follow,
A hard pill for any parent trying to swallow,
All the questions of "what if?" that haunt,
Satan to ask "Where was God?" in taunt,
The tears pour like passing rain showers,
The worst those long dark night time hours,
The grief coming with numbing soul shock,
A reminder when brevity of life gets unlocked,
A sorrow far too deep for words put on paper,
The memory that life is just a passing vapor,
Those left behind to cope with the mourning,
There will be joy promised in the morning,
Until then grief ushers in nights of weeping,
When the eyes burn from continued leaking,
There is help, a refuge in the troubled seasons,
God knows best and trust He has His reasons,
He fell from this life to death way too fast,
Eternal life is the only life that will last,