Goodbye My Dear
lying here waiting for my time to end
looking back at my past my dear friend
the things that we have been through
and all the happy times i spent with you
do you remember when we first did meet?
i think it was down in Elizabeth street
it was a cold day in the middle of may
and i was lying in the gutter that day
you helped me up and brushed me down
before you took me home across town
i had been homeless for about a year
and you decided to give me one, my dear
that day on, i fell deeply in love with you
standing there wearing just one old shoe
i smiled at you through my unshaven face
as you walked with me back to your place
people stared hard at you for helping me
but your good heart they could not see
you kissed me in front of the supermarket
and one old lady dropped her small basket
i was nervous when we got to your house
you noticed i was quiet as a field mouse
as i entered your humble abode with delight
i noticed it was so beautiful and bright
after i washed, shaved and was fully fed
you let me sleep in your spare single bed
in the morning you gave me some breakfast
and i hope this dream would forever last
but it was not a dream, it was for real
finally life had given me a wonderful deal
eventually we got married and had a family
you, me and our children, John and Jamie
we had good jobs and a brand new home
which outside stood a happy garden gnome
John grew up to be successful racing jockey
and Jamie became a television personality
we were so happy together for many years
until the day that our eyes cried some tears
that day the doctors told me i was going to die
with this cancer, it is now time to say goodbye
i loved you my dear, please do not be sad
you gave me a good life when mine was bad
i would of never been so happy without you
and i always had treasured that one old shoe
from the time we met that cold wintry may
to remind me to love you forever and a day
let my love stay forever in your precious heart
for now from this world i will gracefully depart
goodbye my dear........................................
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Copyright © Mick Reid | Year Posted 2015
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