goodbye

Just turned 21 with a baby in her arms

sending a bad one out the door

25 with a whole new life

learning to work on herself

trying to hold on

to one that doesn't care

just turned 44 and feeling alone

watching her baby leave home

to start a life of his own

three of us sitting together and feeling alone

so many words of comfort spoken

but won't change our mind

new men come and go

but none worthy to be called dad

and there she sits

still alone and feeling sad

no man is worthy

or anywhere close to compare

but he'll do for tonight

and in the morning

when she wakes up she knows

it won't be right

the ones that are there

are just there to fill

the loss she feels in the air

tell us how to cure

the empty feeling inside

the one that comes and goes

but is always too hard to hide

someone fill this void

and fill it up high

cause before the night is over

our hearts will always say goodbye

9/7/05