Gone Awhile

She was a quiet girl who

Never failed to smile

She wanted him to know that it would

Be awhile

Before she came home

She wanted him to know that

She was not gone

She was not lost

To another who was fond

Of her and her smile

She wanted him to know that

Though they stared at her

She was all his

She saw their faces as a blur

To her they were all the same

She wanted him to know

That she had to leave

To clear her mind

But she told him to still believe

That she'd be back someday to love him