Last Heard Words

Been a while since I've truly shed a tear
Awhile since I've felt pain pulling at my heart
Not usually do I cry, especially this time of year
I'm usually one to be happy, this mood I rarely start

But this year it is different, that I cannot change
A tragedy struck this town, so unprepared
Everyone in shock, the whole town it did derange
Wish he could have seen how many truly cared

Not at first did I cry, still in total shock
Wasn't prepared to believe the truth
Trying to find it untrue, put up a mental block
How this could happen to the disturbed youth

But the those tears, they began to flow
When the pain I could feel for the them
I thought how I would strain If I had to know
I didn't make it better, myself I would condemn

So I make sure the last thing that a loved one hears
Are words that show I love them and that I care
So if they were to leave, I wouldn't shed my tears
Wondering, would it have saved them, had I been there

Copyright 2004 Hannah

12-17-04
R.I.P Ryan
-Always remembered. Never Forgotten-