Forty one candles 
Should burn bright today 
But a number you never quite 
Reached on this way 

Just those thirty years 
Was your time to stay 
Eleven more vanished 
Into a numb, soft grey 

Grief is a tide 
That will never depart 
Washing anew 
Upon my broken heart 

We celebrate you 
With a long, sad sigh 
For the part of your life 
That's just hurried by 

Heaven holds moments 
We cannot reclaim 
Whispering softly 
Your beautiful name 

Though forty one 
Where the calendar falls 
Thirty is all 
That our memory recalls 

The missing years 
Ache with a hollow sound 
Right here on this earthly 
Solitary ground 

No matter how long 
As memories replay 
It will always feel 
Like yesterday 

Love you so much 
Precious Angel son
Happy heavenly birthday 
Now forever young 
xxxxx