Poem for deceased people

I found my friends program from her wedding. She included this poem for her dad. I cry each time I read it. I wanted to share with all you ladies if you want to include it in your programs.

If tears could build a stairway

If tears could build a stairway
and memories were a lane
we would walk right up to heaven
and bring you back again.

no farewell words were spoken
no time to say goodbye
you were gone before we knew it
and only God knows why

our hearts still ache in sadness
and secret tears still flow
what it meant to lose you
no one can ever know

but now we know you want us
to mourn for you no more
to remember all the happy times
life still has much in store.

since you'll never be forgotten
we pledge to you today
a hallowed place within our hearts
is where you'll always stay