Up somewhere in the distance I see a man so old
all his life's' belongings he lost long ago or sold.
As years passed by, he waited for his future to unfold,
Now bitterness consumes him and his hopes have all grown cold
Family can't console him in the last years of his life
No children ever born to him before he lost his wife
He watched his friends die one by one - each caused him so much strife
But it's love he lost that cut his soul much worse than any knife
Each day he plays the memories - the songs of life he's stored
Still vivid are his thoughts of her - strike a too familiar cord
On the day he fell in love with her he knelt and thanked the Lord
But the day she left it broke his heart - a price one can't afford
So many years have passed since then - still he never was the same
Still burdened with the sadness because he found no one to blame
As for the hope he'd love again - well that day it never came
The future forever darkened as his tears put out the flame
A key to life he learned too late to some will seem absurd
A lesson of this life best felt than kept if only heard
Of all the gifts bestowed in life its meaning's often blurred
Love must be shown with actions cause it's more than just a word
