"WHEN YOU'RE GONE (I Wish For Another Day With You)"

When you're gone

I wish for another day with you

Impossible but it's true

No one is ever ready for such news

When you're gone

It's a mass reproduction of memories

They all come flooding back to me

Of times when we used to be

The day I arrived as your baby

Safe in your arms, with your smile at me

A little girl with so much joy

Before your worries for every boy

When you're gone

I wish for a rewind

Back to our happier times

Back when you were there and fine

I know I wish for the impossible

Knowing that we're all mortals

Still, I'm struggling to accept this epilogue

Thinking of you now makes me choke

I still remember the last night we talked

Unaware your days had been numbered

Now you're gone - and I had to set your spirit free

Bye bye, Daddy...

(From every daughter to their departed father)

R.

(Jakarta, May 30, 2017 - 8:31 am)