Goodbye

All these years

You’ve been by my side

Our hands and lives

Ever entwined

And I didn’t know

How it would be

How seeing you go

To let you float free

That it would be this hard to say

Goodbye

Your face is alight

With dreams of your own

Your story unwritten

Your path unknown

And that fire you carry

So deeply inside

Yearns to breathe free

And cross the divide

So eager to shine, so ready to say

Goodbye

My little shadow

Step into the sun

We both know that

Your time has come

So I’ll hide my tears

With a smile so wide

I’ll let go of your hand

So your dreams may fly

I know you’re ready, but I just can’t say

Goodbye