7/17/00
You came like
sparrow's gentle flight
Alighting on my windowsill
Drawing the morning sun with
song
How do I say goodbye?
You woke me with your tender
words
As if I slept eternal sleep
And never knew the world was
waiting
How do I say goodbye?
You stirred my heart with a
tenderness
That I had never known
And gentled my storm-tossed soul with a
kiss
How do I say goodbye?
You taught me bravery
Though my world was tainted with fervent
blood
I never knew what courage was
How do I say goodbye?
The splendor of your soul made roses
pale
Though you never took notice
Because beauty comes from the spirit
within
How do I say goodbye?
It's only in the losing of you
That I begin to understand what could have
been
What should have been
How do I say goodbye?
And now the sparrow has again taken
flight
And life's most precious gift is
stolen
From trembling, callused hands
How do I say goodbye?
I never realized there was an emptiness
inside
Where a shadow of a man lived
Waiting for your hand in mine
How do I say goodbye?
A final kiss on sleep-chilled
lips
An errant lock brushed aside
I know that you're gone, that you'll wait
for me
How do I say goodbye?
A brother's love pulls me away
His tender grip steadies me
And holds me to the promise to never
change
And to never say goodbye
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THE END
