For Damon


At last it is time to leave,
The feeling bittersweet,
But as fellows we shall not greave,
This is no retreat,

For in the lands far away,
And those within our breast,
It’s in the heart and mind you’ll stay,
The gods take care of the rest,

A new adventure you are starting,
As always far from finished,
What you gave us is not departing,
But in your loss we are diminished,

So revel my brother in friends made,
And in the victories won,
Your impact and art will never fade,
For few stand in the kinship of the Sun.