You showed me the beauty of sadness
A beauty that I didn’t know
You made it so plain and so simple
and gave me a new place to go
I don’t know if you still remember
the time that we spent in Berlin
You showed me the beauty of sadness
in places where I’d never been
You showed me the beauty of sadness
and gave me a present to keep
You know I can still see the beauty
whenever I break down and weep
I read that you left us this morning
and found that it saddened me so
You showed me the beauty of sadness
and now it’s a lifetime ago
† 2013-10-27