It was familiar and it was carried offnNo one here wants to talk about it nAnymorenHe kept the promise nThat he struggled to make to menBefore my own timely departure nThrough the doornnHow did you know? nThat you’re very out of tears?nBe the river that you’d follow by and bynHow will we go?nWhen suddenly the yearsnSlowly drifting pastnForce the question: “Why?”nnI surrenderednLike you promised me I wouldnI did it while swimming through the rivernSaying every prayer is answerednWhile we were running out of timenAnd probably never the same old twilightsnnIt was innocentnAnd it carried us awaynA slippery kind of playgroundnWe asked fornIn a breeze when sun detectednA sound so softnCame our unlikely surrendernTo the stormnnBut maybe we weren’tnBrushed out by waving lightnAnd curiously ramblingnAs they took him by surprisennI only said good nightnNo need to wish him wellnAs I fought, the message reached outnWe foundnEvery prayer is answerednAnd we were smoldered toward the endnnAnd probablynNot quitenHealing will intend nnHow did you know?nThat you’re very out of tearsnBe in the rivernThat you drink from by and bynnHow will we fall?nWhen suddenly they appearnSlowly drifting pastnNow force the question “Why?”nnIt was familiarnAnd we welcomed you with open armsnAnd you carried him awaynBut not so farnHe’s all of my been-and-“did he?” timesnAnd well-rehearsed way outnAnd he was everything he told menNow quickly tumbling downnnHe kept through his promisenThat struggled to make to menI surrendernIf he leaves…n