Year after year...

Year after year,
I could shed no tear,
For the one whom I had most cared.

A bond so strong,
A friend so long,
Yet not a single tear could be spared.

Is the pain yet to come?
Or have I grown numb?
From a lifetime of hurt and fear.

When it all gets too much,
I look for a crutch,
And wish that you were once again here.

But you always are,
You're never too far,
And much closer than it may appear.

Maybe that's why,
I can't say goodbye,
And never could shed a tear.