GOODBYE

One star tonight, went dim

And so has the light in my heart

What wrong, I ask, what sin

Could take away that quaint

Loveliness that star possessed

And leave me with such bitterness?

One smile tonight, went stale

My eyes have thrown up a river

What thoughts,

I ask, could fail

One to sense

That an icy messenger had been sent

To take away the beauty in that smile

And leave me tasting bile?

One friend tonight, went home

My brain has taken a sleeping pill

What in the world,

I ask

I probe

Could cause Him

To take you,

So soon,

To another land

And leave me feeling numb?

Listen to my cry

Listen to my sigh

Listen to my prayer,

One more time

Father in heaven, you know best

Hold his pure soul in your bosom to rest

But give him this message,

Say it’s from me

The talkative he knew

Just a breath ago

Whisper it in his ears

“I will join you there,

Someday

We will meet

I will tell you all that went on

All that happened

After you crossed over”