TO LOSE A CHILD IS A FEELING YOU CANNOT COMPREHEND
TO LOSE ONES CHILD IS MORE THAN LOSING YOUR FRIEND
IT IS HARD TO BEAR NO MATTER WHAT THE LOSS
YOUR MIND IS IN TURMOIL ALWAYS FEELING CROSS
PEOPLE SAY BE STRONG, TIME WILL HEAL
NO ONE KNOWS OF THE ANGER, THE GUILT THAT YOU FEEL
YOU PUT THE SMILE ON YOUR FACE, HIDE AWAY THE HURT AND THE PAIN
NO ONE LIKES TO SEE IT – SO WHAT IS THE GAIN
DAYS AND YEARS THEY GO BY SO SLOW
YOU JUST WANT TO HOLD THE ONES THAT YOU KNOW
BUT DEATH IS SO FINAL, NO HUG OR A KISS
YOU PRAY FOR JUST AN HOUR WITH THE ONE THAT YOU MISS
YOUR HEART IS SO PAINFUL, YOUR CHEST IS SO TIGHT
YOUR LOVED ONE HAS GONE BUT IN YOUR THOUGHTS DAY AND NIGHT
YOU TRY NOT TO THINK OF THE PAIN THEY WENT THROUGH
JUST TO REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES YOU ALL ONCE KNEW
MAYBE IN THE NEXT WORLD, WHEREEVER WE MAY BE
THERE IT IS THAT OUR LOVED ONES WE WILL SEE
WE WILL HUG AND KISS AND NEVER SAY GOODBYE
YEARS FOR US – BUT FOR THEM – THE BLINK OF AN EYE
(c) S M Volter 1991
