It's been 5 years since you've been gone
But life still keeps moving on
The grass still grows and the trees still sway
But I know there's been better days
You fought so hard
People cared so little
In the end, you just started to whittle
They're sad now but you were sad then
That's what they can't seem to comprehend
But I know your truth
I've lived your struggle
Forgiveness only makes the hurt double
I was so blind, how could I not see
Your demise in front of me
I miss you so and now i fear
Following the footprints you left so clear
An empty bottle was all you left
Just as hollow as the hole in your chest
You lied on the ground all alone
I wish you would have just come home
I always wished the pain would ease
But buried with you, is a part of me
A part of my heart that is only replaced
With sweet, yet sorrow memories of your face
A face gone so long and yet too soon
The face I recall as I look at the moon
And all the stars in the heavens above
Where i know you await for me to come
I lost so much, to the universe, compared so little
To a taste on the tongue that was so bitter
A burn in the throat that made you numb
But to others, it made you dumb
But not to me, because I understand
The desire to escape such a cruel land
I wish I'd have been there to say there were other ways
Just to tell you it'd be okay
I wish I was there to hold you tight
Maybe then you would have made it another night
I never got to say good bye
But thats the way it seem to work in this cruel life
'Cause its been 5 years since you've been gone
But i still think God got it wrong
