If I May

Bring them all back to me

everyone that’s no longer here;

I see ‘em wave from across the sea

so that I can’t shed a single tear.

All the signs that they left behind

won’t ever let me be alone

but still that child in me

doesn’t want any of them gone.

Leaving me with memories,

the year comes to an end

devoid of people, that made me

who I am today, sane.

Gone are the days

when I used to get up early;

friends, tea, chat, walk, so many things to do,

not like now

when I just refuse to wake up

for the day’s got nothin’ special to look forward to.

I wander in a world

as good as empty

after love, fun, friends

and all those things that left me.

I know this ain’t the end,

loss, failure and all I endure

is a test waiting to be passed,

but tomorrow looks as certain

as a coin that’s been tossed.

See, you move on, recall the days gone

but don’t live in them;

they are just illusions

that’ll only give you pain

or hope, that never comes true

but gives you, a reason to live through.

Things go away

like the expanding universe

and you keep on wondering,

is it ever gonna reverse.

Reverse it will, one day,

as I was told,

everyone’s a bubble,

bound to fly up

Try to hold it back

and it’s gone with a small ‘pop’.

Let them float free

who knows, one day you’ll see

they will join up

to form a bigger one,

never again to separate

making sorrows undone.

I hope the dream stays

or I’ll find myself say

Bring them all back to me

everyone that’s no longer here;

I see ‘em wave from across the sea

so that I can’t shed a single tear.

Hopes and promises of future

will never ever leave me alone

and that little child in me

can’t imagine any of them gone.

So here I go, into a new phase,

what lies ahead, it’s all still in haze

but know what,

give me second, any minute, any time, any day,

I will always go back there, if I may.