If you're reading this
My momma sittin' there
Looks like I only gotta one way
Ticket over here
I sat numb and cold as my son's will was read. No words touched me. The warmth of my husband could not warm me. My heart had frozen the moment Fred died.
Sure wish I
Could give you one more kiss
War was just a game we played
When we were kids
The pain blossomed from that moment on. It ached and it burned. It never left. No matter that they tried to help me. I would not talk. I would not think. My eyes were blank to any who dared to look in them.
Well I laying down my gun
Hangin' up my boots
I'm up here with God
And we're both watching over you.
I watched myself from a distance. My face emotionless. My breath a useless thing keeping my alive when I so wanted to die. But I realize. I have died. On the inside. I exist no more. I am with no one.
So lay me down
In that open field
Out on the edge of town
I am gone. Goodbye.
