Hey you...
going on 3 years now
your son just shed his first tears
only now is it catching up
to his understanding
how fast all this was...

like I been knowing all along -
crying while I listen to this song...

remembering when you put me on to him
now he one of them
those that they consider vets
but you never saw get they stripes
tears fall and you not here to wipe
so I put pen to paper
and pretend that with life
I ain't got no gripes...

but really -
deep down...

I'm tired of overcoming
grown bout sick of forgiving
and forgetting gets harder
with every breath I take
more and more purposeful
are these humans looking
with their mistakes
and I...

just want my angel back -
to lay my head safely
in your lap...

let all the rest of this go
I've proven I can continue
so can this be the end
of whatever the test wanted
to see me do?
cause I am tired now...

tears fall like rain
and I never see em coming...

I don't like who I am without you
and liking even less who I see me
becoming...

but I know you can't come back -
if it was in your control
you'd have never left...

so I'm here trying to hold onto
all that you helped make
my best...

been a long time
since I wrote to you -
but even when I'm away in words
I'm always with you baby...

I just been overwhelmed by the quest -
for what life has left...