Part Of Me

By the mill on the 'Wey' Canal

We had shouted and run about

And though your laughter echoed out

The sun came up and you weren't around

Decades pass but you still belong

Still the memory of you goes on

And though my life had just begun

You were destined not to come

Though I find it hard to say

But part of me was lost that day

You're my son and will always be

You're the reason that I must see

I hope your dreams reach out for me

When I look I just have to weep

Are you parted from what you want?

Are you stumbling where once you'd run?

And never know where you belong?

Or understand where you're coming from

Though I find it hard to say

But part of me was lost that day

I was tired beyond belief

Reached out just to search for peace

And breathe the water of the deep

Still my body could not find sleep

When the laughter it seems all wrong

When the sunshine becomes too strong

And oh the pain that still goes on

Plentiful for everyone

Though I find it hard to say

But part of me was lost that day

Is this torment we should not have?

Is this grief that is not of man?

And still our lives seem out of hand

One day will we understand?

If we learn from the days that pass

If we learnt, would we ever ask?

And can it truly control us?

Should we fear what we haven't lost?

Though I find it hard to say

But part of me was made that way