Watching you run away from me I wonder,

I wonder if you understand how deeply I loved you,

How deeply I still love you.

I wonder if you could ever comprehend how far this goes.

Could you understand one day,

What it was that drove me to take your place?

Could you see it through my eyes,

If you were in my place could you…would you do what I have done for you?

Would you die for me?

If I asked you this day,

Asked you to give your life’s blood for me would you?

I doubt it.

You see you are young you cannot love as I can love.

I wouldn’t want you to die for me.

I wouldn’t want you to waste this life that has been bestowed upon you for me.

Sure I’ve been there with you through it all.

Sure I have seen you through the toughest times you may ever see.

When it seem the world itself were against you I,

I stood with you and held you up when you couldn’t stand.

Don’t you ever entertain these thoughts,

Thoughts of your giving your life for me,

Have I not suffered enough?

Would you have me see myself die?

Maybe you cannot understand this,

But I see myself in you,

Not just the physical.

I see my dreams,

My hopes, the ones I gave up for you.

This is why you must live.

Why you cannot give up simply for me.

For even if I don’t see you make it there.

Just knowing you can that…that is enough.

Be strong my child  Be Strong for Me 