Wishing you were somehow here again

You were once
My one companion . . .
You were all
That mattered . . .
You were once
A friend and father -
Then my world
Was shattered . . .

Wishing you were
Somehow here again . . .
Wishing you were
Somehow near . . .
Sometimes it seemed
If i just dreamed,
Somehow you would
Be here . . .

Wishing i could
Hear your voice again . . .
Knowing that i
Never would . . .
Dreaming of you
Won't help me to do
All that you dreamed
I could . . .

Passing bells
And sculpted angels,
Cold and monumental,
Seem, for you,
The wrong companions -
You were warm and gentle . . .

Too many years
Fighting back tears . . .
Why can't the past
Just die . . .?

Wishing you were
Somehow here again . . .
Knowing we must
Say goodbye . . .
Try to forgive . . .
Teach me to live . . .
Give me the strength
To try . . .

No more memories,
No more silent tears . . .
No more gazing across
The wasted years . . .
Help me say
Goodbye.