The Flower By The Pond
*The Flower By The Pond*
This song was written in memory of my dear friend Debbie. While it tells our story, I hope it also brings comfort to anyone who carries someone they miss in their heart.
This song is a deeply personal acoustic ballad about friendship, love, loss, and the quiet ways memories continue to live long after someone is gone. Inspired by a true story, the song reflects on an eighteen-year friendship that began online, grew across oceans, and became a lasting part of two lives.
Together they built a virtual place in Second Life - one creating landscapes filled with trees, flowers, and peaceful places, the other writing the code that brought it all to life. Though time has passed and the virtual world itself has faded, one simple symbol remains in memory: a flower by a pond, forever blooming as a tribute to someone who is deeply missed.
The lyrics celebrate a woman who faced cancer with extraordinary courage, treasured every extra day life gave her, and never allowed distance to diminish a friendship. They remember late-night conversations, joyful video calls, shared projects, and the small everyday moments that become priceless after someone is gone.
Rather than focusing only on grief, *The Flower By The Pond* is ultimately a song of enduring connection. It reminds us that the people we love never truly disappear. They remain in the places we created together, in the routines we still catch ourselves sharing with them, and in the quiet moments when memory feels almost like presence.
A gentle tribute to a remarkable friend, and a reminder that love leaves footprints in places time can never erase.
"Not goodbye... just until we meet again."
