I'm sorry friends that I can't be with you to celebrate today
If you're all gathered round and reading this, I've probably passed away
but if I were there I'd tell you not to shed a tear or frown
I'd tell you just to simply say, another Biker has gone down.
If I were there I'd tell you that I had a wonderful life,
That I loved my kids and family and especially my wife.
I loved all my drinking buddies and all my life-long friends
I'd raise a toast to all of you, "May your party never end."
If I were there I'd tell you how I loved the the small blue highways
How I loved the curving mountain roads, loved to ride the back-road byways.
And how I loved it "in the wind", loved it when that engine rumbled,
and the biker friends who rode with me and would help me when I stumbled.
You are amongst my dearest friends, brothers and sisters of the road,
We've traveled many miles together, shared many heavy loads.
If I could be there, we'd laugh and share the memories from our past,
and this gathering would be just one more tale, another story, not our last.
But today I can't be with you, except in your hearts and memory stores
So you'll have to laugh, lift a glass to me, then let your engines roar.
Please smile and do not shed a tear, wipe away that silly frown.
I'm off upon that final ride, another Biker who has gone down.
2007 Bill "uglicoyote" Davis
7 comments:
Bill,
Are you the author of this? Someone recently had to read this at a friends service. They did not know the author. It is wonderful.
Yes, I wrote this about three years back.
Beautiful. Reminds me of my own friend lost last year. He is missed out on the road and in our hearts. And I can hear him speaking those same words. Thank you.
Hi Bill, Tragically my father-in-law was killed on his motorbike June 4th (England)at the grand age of 89 yrs. (yes, he was still riding)I found your poem & my son read it at his funeral service. I could'nt have put into words anything better about him, it was like he had wrote it himself.Just wanted to say thankyou for sharing this beautiful poem with us.
RIP Henry.
Hilary x
This tribute was printed out and placed out at my Grandfathers funeral reception. Reading this makes me miss him dearly, I thank you for writing this. Your tribute to the bikers community had really touched my heart.
This is an excellent poem ; )
Thank you very much for writing this because you are a true poet! I recently had somebody read this at a friend's service and there wasn't a dry eye in a place that was filled with bikers! I'm curious to know if you have wrote anything else because I would love to read it if you have! Again,thank you for sharing your beautiful and unique way of writing with everybody!
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