Twilight Is Calling (Tears Are For the Dead)

At one time I was the apple of his eye But in a moment in the hospital he lie I just 6, entered, and could only cry He had changed so much since the last time Twilight was calling his name Mine being the same Yet, I didn’t know what to say He turned his head a tear in his eye And chuckled to choke back his cry “Tears are for the Dead” he replied And he turned his head back with no more word to speak His words and actions were the last I would know Till his funeral where the cries did grow He left me with a legacy I didn’t quite understand Still I tried to live by it as best I could plan Everyday a new meaning comes to hand That life is meant for the living and crying for the end. When twilight is calling and I am on my death bed I will laugh and with a tear in my eye, chuckle and turn my head Laughter is for the living, crying is for the dead