FROM THE DARKNESS TO THE LIGHT 
  Lynne Redlin

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 ~Forever Isn't Today~

~FOREVER ISN'T TODAY~





























SITTING IN THE PARK, WATCHING THE CHILDREN PLAY
FLOWERS, TREES, GRASS, SO GREEN
LAUGHTER AND SQUEALS OF DELIGHT
WATCHING THE CHILDREN PLAY

THINKING BACK TO ANOTHER TIME
WHEN THE CHILDREN PLAYING
WERE MINE
SWINGING, DOWN THE SLIDE
JOY OF FUN THEY COULD NOT HIDE
WATCHING MY CHILDREN PLAY
THINKING THIS WOULD LAST FOREVER

BUT
FOREVER ISN'T TODAY

NO MORE DO I WATCH MY CHILDREN PLAY

A SADNESS INVADES MY VERY SOUL
WHERE DID THAT TIME GO?
WHEN WITH LAUGHTER AND HUGS
THEY RAN TO ME
I LOVE YOU MOMMY
A KISS ON MY CHEEK

I NOW WATCH OTHERS CHILDREN PLAY
MISSING MY SON, LIFE TAKEN AWAY
HAVING ANOTHER JOEY DAY
KNOWING NOW

FOREVER ISN'T TODAY

I WILL NEVER HOLD YOU AGAIN
NEVER SEE THOSE BROWN EYES
NEVER SEE THAT GRIN
ALWAYS THOUGHT I WOULD HOLD YOU TIGHT
BUT NOW I SEE THINGS, IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT

THE FOREVER I EXPECTED
WAS TO ALWAYS HAVE YOU NEAR
YOUR HAPPY VOICE TO ALWAYS  HEAR
I LOVE YOU MOM
CAN I DRIVE THE JEEP
DON'T GO OUT IN YOUR BARE FEET

THE FOREVER I WANTED IS GONE AWAY
A NEW FOREVER, TAKES ITS PLACE
FOREVER GONE
FOREVER WE GRIEVE
NO, NO, NO
NOT THE FOREVER I NEED

FOREVER ISN'T TODAY....

LYNNE ©DARKNESS TO THE LIGHT 8/27/04




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