I Loved You Best by Jim Willis

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So this is where we part my friend,
and you'll run on around the bend.
Gone from sight, but not from mind,

new pleasures there you'll surely find.

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I will go on; I'll find the strength,

life measures in quality, not its length.

One long embrace before you leave,

share one last look before I grieve.

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There are others, that much is true,

but they be they, and they aren't you.

And I, fair, impartial, or so I thought,

will remember well all you've taught.

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Your place I'll hold, you will be missed,

The fur I stroked, the nose I kissed.

And as you journey to your final rest,

take with you this...I loved you best.