I stand at the gate
Watch you away on the plane
I’ll sit here and wait
And then feel the pangs of pain.

Called a few months ago
Then nightmares came of concern
They’re sure to make you go
What’s to happen if you don’t return?

So scared, cry every night
Kissed you goodbye,
Watched you walk out of sight
Now God makes me wonder why.

In my mind I hear the shot
See the massacre and death
Now that’s what you see a lot.
  
Little one on the way
It’s not easy to do
Support us with bills to pay
Another year to see you.

The day came by, not very fast
Sat by the door for the car
The man says you were killed in the blast
The words leave a mental scar.

Worked up hope you’d come back
Just wanted to say my final goodbye,
But now I stare at the plaque
Knowing that everything went awry.

That was the day she was born
Life had changed that day for her mom
Had no time yet to mourn
And she lived her life without her dad.

Think of the fields you used to roam
Lifeless, there you now lay
You’ll never be coming home…