Remembering
IT
IS YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY
I
WIPED THE SLEEP FROM MY EYES
PICTURING
YOU BEFORE ME
IN
A TIME SO LONG AGO
I
CARRIED A SINGLE FLOWER
TO
WHERE YOU NOW SLEEP
PICTURING
YOU BEFORE ME
IN
A PLACE
FARAWAY
MY
THOUGHTS CARRIED ME
THROUGH
A
DAY THAT ONCE WOULD BE HAPPY
PICTURING
YOU BEFORE ME
AS
SORROW BURNED DEEPLY INTO
"
NOW"
I
AM NOT... IN LONG AGO
I
AM NOT... IN FARAWAY
I
AM HERE
ALONE
WITH
MEMORIES
MY
ONLY COMPANION
YES,
IT IS YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY
AND
NOW I WIPE THE TEARS FROM MY EYES
AS
I PICTURE YOU BEFORE ME
WAITING
WITH OUTSTRETCHED HANDS
FOR
ME TO FINALLY COME HOME
YET
EVEN AS I REACH OUT ACROSS
TIME
AND SPACE FOR YOU
YOU
STAY ELUSIVELY AWAY
FROM
MY TOUCH
DO
YOU KNOW HOW DEEPLY
I
MISS YOU ?
BIRTHDAYS
USED TO PASS SO QUICKLY
YET
THIS DAY SEEMS ENDLESS
AS
I BEG FOR SLEEP TO ONCE AGAIN
FILL
MY EYES
SO
THAT I MAY DREAM
OF YOU
AS
I PLACE A SINGLE FLOWER
IN YOUR OUTSTRETCHED HAND
Dedicated to My Daddy
who left the dance here Ever so long ago...
Or
was
it yesterday ?
By: Pam Gallo
Copyright August 5, 2001
Re Edited 2006
Midi: I Will Always Love You
