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When He Went Away

When he went away, He said,"Lehitraot,mama." Do vstrechi. He died but I'm still here Yes,in my heart I feel his love. But why did I live, And he did not? Auf wiedersehen Lehitraot. Yes,darling,I'll see you later, When the sky turns black and all the stars blaze bright I'll see you shining in the night. I'll see you in my dreams alas. Do vstrechi. But why you and not me too? Araka I can't understand. Lehitraot,beloved. A plus tard Some where in this world,you fell But no-one,not even God, can tell. God was absent then or in some other place He's gone again. They said He's died too, But He didn't have a mother like you. Do vstrechi. My breasts ache and my heart and soul, My breasts were made to make you whole. To feed, give love and to console. A plus tard And now they ache with grief as my tears fall. A bientot My body trembles in the night As dreams may bring my lost ones to my sight. A plus I'd walk across the roughest bleak terrain If l I could find my loves and hold your hands again. Do vstrechi. The bell rings on the ancient clock As time goes on as normal ,it doesn't stop. Araka I wish the hands of time could be reversed, And I was not living with this curse. People forget that I once had a son. They think my grieving has been done. Araka. But grief and loss and pain will never end Until the curtain of my death descends Auf wiedersehen. Meantime I look at flowers and birds and trees, But it's really you my deepening insight sees. Lehitraot. Th inscape of my heart is shown to few, An artist of the lost would know this view. I know I want to see just you. Do vstrechi. But for me there is no Auf wiedersehen Never again will you say What you said that day Lehitraot, Mama. Papa A plus tard Tot ziens. See you later See you soon. See you. You the beloved

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