Seeing her lying there
Clean white sheets
Penned in by bars
So small and helpless
I can almost pretend
She’s just napping
Like when she was new.
She needed me then
She needs me now
To be her strength, her mercy
To sever the cord
That connects her to me
Like when she was new.
I sit beside her and stroke her hair
Guiding her to sleep
Like when she was new
Only this time the tears are mine.
I brought her into this world
Knowing someday I’d leave her
But I wasn’t expecting this.
I think the only way I can live
Is to be grateful
That she is not in my position,
Will never be in my position.
I am there for her always
Like when she was new.
