To Those I Love

A warm, touching song based, with some changes, on a poem of an unknown author.  The song is not a farewell, but rather a “see you later” type of song.  It expresses thanks for the love and joy he was given in life and a sense of consolation for those mourning.  I first heard this poem read at the funeral of my brother-in-law, Constantine Taleas, and was truck by the tenderness of the words.  From these words the composed melody just seemed to flow.  Arranged and performed by Jim West.