You were once
my [bad word] ..
you were all that mattered...
You were once
a friend and father -
then my world was shattered...

Wishing you were
somehow here again...
wishing you were
somehow near...
Sometimes it seemed
if I just dreamed,
somehow you would be here...

Wishing I could
hear your voice again...
knowing that I
never would...
Dreaming of you
won’t help me to do
all that you dreamed
I could...

Three long years
I knelt in silence,
held your memory near me,
Three long years,
of murmured sorrow-
willing you to hear me...

Too many years
fighting back tears...
Why can’t the past
just die...?

Wishing you were
somehow here again...
knowing we must
say goodbye...
Try to forgive...
teach me to live...
give me the strength
to try...

No more memories,
no more silent tears...
No more gazing across
the wasted years...
Help me say
goodbye.
Help me say
goodbye.