LEAVING Copyright 1999.   THE BOXES ARE PACKED THE CUPBOARDS STRIPPED BARE THOSE FADED WALL PATCHES? OH PAINTINGS HUNG THERE YES THIS OLD HOUSE WAS A HOME FOR MANY A YEAR BUT NOW IT STANDS SILENT NO LAUGHTER OR CHEER   THE TILES IN THE WASHROOM WE SAID WE WOULD CHANGE THE VIEW FROM THE BEDROOM WE ONCE THOUGHT UNIQUE NOW LOOKS BARREN AND DISMAL AND REALLY QUITE BLEAK   THESE WALLS HELD A MAGIC THAT WAS SECOND TO NONE THERE WAS MUSIC AND LAUGHTER AND SO MUCH FUN THE SMELL OF HOME BAKING ONCE FILLED EVERY ROOM NOW ALL IS REPLACED WITH SADNESS AND GLOOM   A HOME IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT, WE MADE OURS SUPREME WE HAD LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING WE WERE BUILDING A DREAM UP IN THE MORNING AND WHILE YOU READ THE POST I WOULD PREPARE BREAKFAST OF FRESH EGGS AND TOAST   WE'D CHAT FOR A WHILE THEN YOU WOULD KISS ME GOODBYE I ALWAYS SAID TAKE CARE, BECAUSE I LOVED YOU THAT'S WHY I WOULD SPEND THE WHOLE DAY FINDING SOMETHING TO DO I WOULD CLEAN BAKE AND DUST, YES I DID IT ALL FOR YOU   I WOULD PREPARE THE TABLE AND DIM THE LIGHT I WANTED IT PERFECT WHEN YOU CAME HOME AT NIGHT I SO LOVED THIS HOUSE BUT I LOVED YOU MUCH MORE THIS HOUSE WAS NOT A HOME, UNTIL YOU WALKED IN THE DOOR   YOU CALLED THIS HOUSE YOUR CASTLE AND WHEN I ASKED WHY MY QUEEN LIVES HERE YOU SAID, AND I WILL LOVE HER TILL I DIE BUT ONE DAY YOU LEFT YOUR CASTLE NEVER TO RETURN AGAIN YOUR QUEENS HEART WAS BROKEN, HER BODY RACKET WITH PAIN   THIS HOUSE WAS ONCE A CASTLE NOW IT DOESN'T MEAN A THING BECAUSE THE CASTLE NOW IS MORNING THE LOSS OF ITS KING SADLY THE QUEEN IS LEAVING SHE HAS GIVEN UP HER THRONE IN HER HEART HER KING STILL REIGNS AS SHE WALKS AWAY ALONE.   I DREAMT OF YOU AGAIN LAST NIGHT I SAW YOUR FACE IN THIS BRIGHT LIGHT YOU SMILED AT ME I FELT YOUR GLOW WAS IT A DREAM? I JUST DON'T KNOW   I BEGGED YOU PLEASE DON'T LEAVE AGAIN MY HEART COULD NOT WITHSTAND THE PAIN YOU SMILED ONCE MORE AND TOUCHED MY CHEEK PLEASE TALK TO ME I CRIED, PLEASE SPEAK   I HAVE WORK TO DO YOU SAID THAT'S WHY THEY CALLED ME ON AHEAD TO BUILD A HOME ABOVE FOR YOU WHERE ANGELES DANCE IN MORNING DEW   I WILL BUILD THE FINEST HOME YOU SAID WITH TWINKLING STARS ABOVE YOUR HEAD PILLOWS MADE OF CLOUDS SO WHITE TO LAY YOUR PRECIOUS HEAD AT NIGHT   BUT TAKE ME WITH YOU NOW I CRIED MY BROKEN HEART HAS ALL BUT DIED WITHOUT YOU I CANNOT LIVE ANYMORE YOU WERE WHAT I WAS LIVING FOR   I LEFT BEHIND MY FAMILY PLEASE TAKE MY PLACE, BE THERE FOR ME I WILL KEEP WATCHING OVER YOU UNTIL YOUR TIME ON EARTH IS THROUGH   AND THEN YOU BEGAN TO FADE AWAY OH LORD I BEGGED PLEASE LET HIM STAY BUT MY PLEASE WERE ALL IN VANE A KISS, AND YOU WERE GONE AGAIN   I OPENED MY EYES, TEARS STUNG MY FACE I SEARCHED FOR YOU, THERE WAS NOT A TRACE YOU WERE NOT A DREAM, YOU WERE REAL FOR THE KISS THAT YOU GAVE ME I STILL COULD FEEL   Back