Langston Hughes:
The moon still sends its mellow light
Through the purple blackness of the night;
The morning star is palely bright
Before the dawn.

The sun still shines just as before;
The rose still grows beside my door,
But you have gone.

The sky is blue and the robin sings;
The butterflies dance on rainbow wings
Though I am sad.

In all the earth no joy can be;
Happiness comes no more to me,
For you are dead.

Eliana Echtenkamp:
Life still goes on without you here
Living without you was my biggest fear
So much crying, so many tears
Why did you leave?

Everyone acts like everything’s fine
You are gone - the sun still shines,
But all I do is grieve.

Why did this happen, why’d you have to go?
Now that you left I feel so alone
A feeling I can’t grasp.

All the good times we had were so worth while
But I can no longer be happy, I can no longer smile
For you have passed.