Never

I will never see you age and fade.
Never hold your child upon my knee.
Never watch you count your first grey hairs,
never see the man I thought you'd be.

I will never speak with you again,
never laugh at jokes you might have told,
never walk the road you might have walked,
never see your future life unfold.

I will never see you age and fade.
Always, in my memory will you be
never changing, never far from mind.
Ever young and laughing, ever free.