Sydämeni lentää meren yli.
Käteni ulottuvat valtameren yli.
Täyttävät välimatkaa, omat kyyneleet.
Voi, mitä olemme menettäneet.
Nyt purjehtii taakse auringon.
Yesterday, a warm and generous man sailed off this earth: my 4th host father from my time as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student in Finland. He’d waged a long battle with cancer, and now he may rest.
Here’s the translation:
My heart flies across the sea.
My arms reach across an ocean.
My tears fill the space between us.
Oh, what we have lost,
now sailing beyond the sun.
Shawn L. Bird 
RIP
Lepää rauhassa
Very touching poem…. my condolences, Shawn xx
Thank you, Cyranny.
This is beautiful.
I’m sorry for your loss.
Thank you.
Beautiful …in both languages, I’m quite certain.
Thank you.
And I hold you in my thoughts. Tough time.
My condolences to you, Shawn. Beautiful post!
Thank you, Betty.
Beatiful❤ It really says what you wan’t To say To us❤
Love you sis❤
Samoin, siskoni.