You were here and now you're gone.
Like the beginning of a sorrowful song.
The tears stream down my face like rain.
It's just too much to bare this pain.

For so long you stayed, through thick and thin.
You had my heart in the palm of your hand.
You had a grasp on my very soul.
Out of nowhere, everything you stole.

I dragged myself up, on both feet I now stand.
I face the world with new command.
My scars shine bright as a memory of that mess.
The pain is now only fleeting at best.

The shadow of you still passes by me.
A haunting ghost refusing to leave me be.
I clench my fist and just keep walking.
With a strong voice, louder I sing.

My song will carry for miles around.
Oh so beautiful will be that sound.
As I sing of this most difficult climb.
Of how there you were, once upon a time.