Could you come back
And stay a little while
I want to see your face
And see you smile

I want to hug you tight
And not let you go
Just sit with my arms around you
For an hour or so

I want to tell you
All about my day
Everything that happened
Today and yesterday

I want to hold your hand in mine
To look into your eyes
I want to ask you questions
To laugh with you and cry

I want to hear your voice
And see your lips move
I want to brush your hair
Style it so you approve

I want to come back home
And see you in the kitchen
You'll greet me with a hug
And a box to put my keys in

I'll help you with the house
And you'll teach me different things
How to cut the carrots
And how to tie together strings

I will learn so much from you
And try to write it down
I know I won't remember
Everything you're saying now

I'll simply spend some time with you
It means so much to me
That you are here today
Right in front of me

I'll try to stay as long
As I possibly can
But either way I'll have to go
The next visit I'll plan

You walk me to your door
And kiss my brow goodbye
You say to me to visit soon
I promise I will try

I get into my car
You're waving to me still
I smile and wave back
Then drive slowly down the hill

Without me noticing at all
A month has passed, then two
So one sunny morning
I decide to visit you

As I'm getting ready
I get a horrid call
It's funny just how fast
Dreams can crash and fall

I'm on my way to see you
But not how it was planned
All of a sudden I'm glad
That I don't have to stand

A couple of days later
It's like nothing has changed
I walk into your house
Furniture's been rearranged

I've spent over a week here
Time keeps flying by, not slow
I'll visit you again
One more time before I go

As my feet touch the gravel
And the green grass on the ground
They carry me over
To where you're laying, safe and sound

In my hands some purple flowers
That I saw on my way here
Thought that it'd be fitting
So they can stay when I'm not near

I kneel down in the dirt
Bow my head to say hello
I tell you about my day
That seemed to be so long ago

I can remember your kind eyes
Still see your gentle smile
Your hands and skin so warm to touch
I'm still in cold denial

Tears are running down my face
And I can't make them stop
I leave my broken heart with you
My salty tears still drop

I place the flowers on your grave
My dearest mother, friend
Getting up, I walk away
Until we meet again