The Day We Said Goodbye

It was a very cold winter day                
Still I couldn’t tell you if it was sunny or gray                
Such irrelevance was far in the back of my mind                
It would’ve been dark even if the sun did shine               
               
So often we're in the place we least want to see                
But there’s nowhere else that we’d rather be                
They said you were dying, a sin to keep you alive          
Our hearts ripped to pieces deciding what was right    
   
It turned out to be the day we said goodbye                
               
A lifetime of living and striving, laughing and fun                
Teaches not how to let go, mostly how to hold on                
But when more suffering is to be the only road                
You realize that parting is the only way to love                
               
So I held your hand till your very last breath                
It was an honor to be by your side                
To see you off on your final journey      
In a moment frozen in time      
     
On the day we said goodbye.