Departure Moments

It’s 5am as I left your home,
Start my walk back once more alone,
And it’s cold enough outside to chill me, to the bone.
But that’s not what I’m really thinking about,
And I’d do it again without any doubt,
because What matters to me is that you are safely home.

And I stayed,
And we talked.
We laughed,
And we joked,
Until morning came around,
The curtain on the night came down,
So I left to make my way back home again

And with every single step which takes me further from you,
I wish I could have stayed.
That I didn’t have to go.
Sleep next to you all night,
See your smile first next morn,
But it wasn’t to be so I left with the dawn.

And I could have stayed,
And we could have talked,
We could have laughed
And we could have joked,
Until we could stay awake no more,
But instead I had to leave,
With goodbyes at your door.

Whenever I’m with you I try to hold the minutes back,
Stay just a little longer in that moment with you.
But it never seems to work,
I can never hold on,
And with a hug and a smile once more I am gone.

And I wish I could stay,
And I wish we could talk,
I wish we could laugh,
Share some special joke,
To hold back the moments,
To stay in your space,
Hold back the moments,
For one more smile on your face.

© 2007 Rob Jones.