I Awake Each Morning to Start a New Day

I awake each morning to start a new day
But the pain of losing you both never goes away.

I go about the things I have to do
And as the hours pass I think again of you.

I want to call you and just hear your voices
Then I remember that I have no choice

For you are not there and now my heart cries
Just to see you again to tell you goodbye

To say  I love you and I always will
And hope that much of both of you, in me you’ve instilled.

The day that you left I just didn’t know
That you were going where I couldn’t go.

And now all my memories of you are so dear
But gosh, how I miss you and wish you were here.

Who now can hear me when I need to cry?
It so hard to tell you “Mom and Dad goodbye.”

Someday I know all will be well
And I’ll see you both again with stories to tell

Of how you were missed and how we have grown
And how good it is to finally be home.

Until then my memories of you I’ll keep near
And I’ll pass them on to those who are dear.

• Date : 2021-12-15