a shaken farewell

Father and mother and sister and me Standing and facing the sea Uncles with stories and aunts in their worries For cousins with no need to be There in a boat in a bag with a note Lay the dust of someone we came from Saying goodbye to one of our mothers We all failed at the same word together Hard work and hard faith Both have left questions unanswered Losing and missing as the years have tread on When you're there people ask where's he gone When the day is all done you'll be happy and loved But there's something that tears you away When it feels like there's nothing that's left to be given Don't forget what there's left to say We all need some time For words that will help us move on To feel what was left behind To find out the hurt was love Yes we all need some time Slowly pacing the house you find Nothing to say to the emptiness there Nothing seems to be gone but you know Nothing changes what nothing has done She was gonna bury us all And She had the answers A home can be broken but a home it remains A picture that no word explains You can throw it away you can throw it all out But a memory is fit to be framed Cuz we all need some time For words that will help us move on To feel what was left behind To find out the hurt was love Yes we all need some time Yes we all need some time To fix what was thought to be fine To come up with words that rhyme Cuz none of us get enough time If only we had more time