I'll Love You Long After You're Gone

..."And I would do it for you, for you.

Baby, I'm not moving on

I'll love you long after you're gone.

For you, for you.

You will never sleep alone.

I'll love you long after you're gone

And long after you're gone, gone, gone...

...You're my back bone.

You're my cornerstone.

You're my crutch when my legs stop moving.

You're my head start.

You're my rugged heart.

You're the poultice that I've always needed.

Like a drum, baby, don't stop beating.

Like a drum, baby, don't stop beating.

Like a drum, baby, don't stop beating.

Like a drum my heart never stops beating...

For you, for you.

Baby, I'm not moving on.

I'll love you long after you're gone.

For you, for you.

You will never sleep alone.

I'll love you long after you're gone.

For you, for you.

Baby, I'm not moving on,

I'll love you long after you're gone.

For you, for you.

You will never sleep alone.

I'll love you long, long after you're gone."

- Gone, Gone, Gone by Phillip Phillips

I think I was afraid to grieve because I thought it meant I'd have to forget him. To move past him. And I couldn't bear that.

But I learned this weekend that I don't have to forget him. I still love him. And I always will.

I can take him with me. I'll wear his glasses and his graphic tees, I'll sleep with my Stu Bear under the quilt made from his clothes, and I'll keep pictures of him, all the videos of him being goofy, and I'll tell stories about him.

I don't have to stop loving him.