Left Alone
As I sit by the window, the sun shining in,
Remembering the best friend I have lost,
I wonder where you have gone,
What you are doing, and
Why I have been left alone.
Am I not worthy of a friend's love,
Someone to lean on when I am falling.
Am I not worthy of feeling
the joy
In knowing you are there, instead of asking
Why I have been left alone.
You promised you'd always be there
To talk, to hold, to share.
You have gone away and left me to
Face the world without you, wondering
Why I have been left alone.
I cry every day feeling so abandoned
By the one person I thought I could trust
To always be at my side, helping me through
The pain in my world; I'm afraid to know
Why I have been left alone.
I was with you until the end,
now I feel so cheated.
I hope you have not forgotten
All that we shared, all that we dreamed; dare I ask
Why I have been left alone.
My tears fall as I think of you,
The special moments that we shared.
I hold you in my thoughts every day of my life.
I feel you near, and I begin to know
Why I have been left alone.
As the years pass, I miss you as much as ever,
But the pain slowly turns into memories.
I talk to you now, anger returning to love,
Slowly understanding the reason
Why I have been left alone.
That always brightened my day.
Feel you by my side, telling me
Why I have been left alone.
I now understand you are with me in spirit,
That only the flesh is gone.
When dark days fall upon me,
You still help me through, and now I see
Why I have been left alone.
We will meet again some day, my friend,
And we will once again share laughter and love.
Until then, you inspire me to live on and grow.
I know that you are with me, and I no longer ask
Why I have been left alone.
For now I know that I must continue
Our task of caring, loving, and sharing,
So that others who have sorrow and pain
May perhaps be spared the sadness of wondering
Why they have been left alone.
Copyright © 1998 Connie Spector
For My Beloved Friend Lucile
I Love You and Miss You So Very Much
