If You Were Still Here Today

I thought of a friend when I wrote this. She had lost her grandfather recently and I wanted to write about the loss of a loved one.

Tonight, all I want to do is cry

I want to hold you in my arms

Tell you that I desperately miss you

So I’ll grab onto your picture

And hold it tight, granting you every right

To linger in my thoughts tonight 

Sometimes I think about all our good times

And all the beautiful memories we’d make

If you were still here today

Sometimes I wonder if you’d give me a warm hug

Because you were so proud of the person I’ve become today

If you were still here today,

I would spend all my days with you

We could go to the park or the mall

We could go to see cherry blossoms or Niagara Falls

If only you were still here today

I promise I won’t take you for granted 

Because now that you’re gone,

It’s too late to give you the things you wanted

I can’t do this anymore, I can’t do what I did before 

I can no longer make-believe

That the both of us are still spending time together

If only you waited for me, if only you stayed

I sense your presence, but I still suffer

Because all I have are ‘what-ifs’

 And the truth is you’re not here today

Tonight, all I want to do is cry

I want to hold you in my arms

Tell you that I desperately miss you

So I’ll grab onto your picture

And hold it tight, granting you every right

To linger in my thoughts tonight