• I must fly away so I don’t have to protect them all the time.

    So they can protect themselves like everyone else.

    I know it will make them cry when I go to heaven but I must leave them behind.

    I hear them crying when I leave but I never come back.

    I want to wipe away their tears but I must not go to them.

    I watch them from heaven as they live day by day.

    I see them get hurt but I can’t help them at all.

    They always cry but they always live day by day.

    They call my name but I never come to them.

    My tears fall as they cry and they never notice me reaching out to them.

    I whisper in their ears, “Don’t cry” but they don’t hear me.

    Their tears keep coming as I watch them.

    But someday they’ll come to heaven and see me again.

    And I’ll wait for that day.