I Remember

Moisture in my eyes
leaving stains on my cheeks
many years passsed
that lay beneath my feet.
Only a stone to say
what no one could speak
in a place where pain lingers
where hearts no longer beat.

I remember younger years
days we spent laughing
in a perfect world
but we couldn't see it coming.
I remember the phone call
that took you away
and I was too young to realize
that I would miss you one day.

Days pass on
and I ask mommy why
you haven't been home in such a long time.
She started crying
Grandma sighing,
but for some reason I didn't know
nobody told me, where did you go?

They told me "Don't cry"
but daddy had died;
and I never even got to say goodbye.
I never did tell you how special you were
or how much I loved you so,
I guess I didn't think it could possibly happen
that somedday you would go.

The soft flowing breeze
is just like your fingers,
swiftly passing through my hair.
All I can do now is remember, and stare.
I place a rose at the foot of the stone
and remember the day you didn't come home.