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Monday, November 28, 2005

This is not goodbye

This is so beautiful, I just have to write it here. This goes out to all of my family and friends who stood by me through chemo and especially to my Dad, who had to see me go away so many times:

Bravely you let go of my hand
I can't speak yet you understand
Where I go now I go alone
This path I walk is days of stone
And the angels are calling
I must go away

Wait for me here
Silently stay
And don't ask me why
Only believe
This is not goodbye

All of my strength
All my desire
Still cannot melt this breath of fire
I go to meet some kind of test
Bury the truth that scars my chest
And the angels are calling and calling and calling

I must go away
Wait for me here
Silently stay
And don't ask me why
Only believe
This is not goodbye

I gathered all my courage
I shaved off all my fear
With this banner on my shoulder
I hold your essence near
And the angels are calling and calling and calling

I must go away
Wait for me here
Silently stay
And don't ask me why

Only believe
This is not goodbye
Only believe
This is not goodbye

Melissa Etheridge, "Greatest Hits, The Road Less Travelled", This Is Not Goodbye

and one more that she wrote for one of the breast cancer walk/runs. This is for anyone out there who has been touched by cancer:

Its been years since they told her about it
The darkness her body possessed
And the scars are still there in the mirror
Every day that she gets herself dressed
Though the pain is miles and miles behind her
And the fear is now a docile beast
If you ask her why she is still running
She will tell you it makes her complete

I run for hope
I run to feel
I run for the truth
For all that is real

I run for your mother, your sister, your wife
I run for you and me my friend
I run for life

Its a blur since they told me about it
How the darkness had taken its toll
And they cut into my skin
And they cut into my body
But they will never get a piece of my soul
And now I am still learning the lesson
To awake when I hear the call
And if you ask me why I am still running
I'll tell you I run for us all

I run for hope
I run to feel
I run for the truth
For all that is real

I run for your mother, your sister, your wife
I run for you and me my friend
I run for life

OOOOOOOOOoooooooohhhhh. OOOOOOOOOoooooooohhh. OOOOOOOOoooooooohhhh.

And some day if they tell you about it
If the darkness knocks on your door
Remember her
Remember me
We will be running as we have before
Running for answers
Running for more

I run for hope
I run to feel
I run for the truth
For all that is real

I run for your mother, your sister, your wife
I run for you and me my friend
I run for hope
I run to feel
I run for truth
For all that is real

I run for your mother, your sister, your daughter, your wife
For you and me my friend
I run for life

I run for your mother, your sister, your wife
I run for you and me my friend
I run for life

Melissa Etheridge, "Greatest Hits-The Road Less Traveled", I run for life

Thank you Melissa for saying it so well.

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