Goodbye My Dear,,,,,

GOODBYE MY DEAR

 lying here waiting for my time to end
 looking back at my past my dear friend
 the things that we have been through
 and all the happy times i spent with you
 do you remember when we first did meet?
 i think it was down in Elizabeth street
 it was a cold day in the middle of may
 and i was lying in the gutter that day
 you helped me up and brushed me down
 before you took me home across town
 i had been homeless for about a year
 and you decided to give me one, my dear
 that day on, i fell deeply in love with you
 standing there wearing just one old shoe
 i smiled at you through my unshaven face
 as you walked with me back to your place
 people stared hard at you for helping me
 but your good heart they could not see
 you kissed me in front of the supermarket
 and one old lady dropped her small basket
 i was nervous when we got to your house
 you noticed i was quiet as a field mouse
 as i entered your humble abode with delight
 i noticed it was so beautiful and bright
 after i washed, shaved and was fully fed
 you let me sleep in your spare single bed
 in the morning you gave me some breakfast
 and i hope this dream would forever last
 but it was not a dream, it was for real
 finally life had given me a wonderful deal

 eventually we got married and had a family
 you, me and our children, john and jamie
 we had good jobs and a brand new home
 which outside stood a happy garden gnome
 john grew up to be successful racing jockey
 and jamie became a television personality
 we were so happy together for many years
 until the day that our eyes cried some tears
 that day the doctors told me i was going to die
 with this cancer, it is now time to say goodbye

 i loved you my dear, please do not be sad
 you gave me a good life when mine was bad
 i would never have been so happy without you
 and i always had treasured that one old shoe
 from the time we met that cold wintery may
 to remind me to love you forever and a day
 let my love stay forever in your precious heart
 for now from this world i will gracefully depart

 goodbye my dear........................................
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