There goes the girl that she was
Who stayed awhile and
left as the woman she is.
When she come's back,
I'm aching with love for what she may one day be
Soon even that will be long gone.

Cleave to the arc of her smileThen surrender mineAt the altar of time,Every memory stallson the ledger of smiles I've known but hers ""
Soon even they will be long gone

Gone is her hand lost in my handNo more questions endless yet grand
Lost are whispered secret wishesto own all the sweets that have ever been

Now her eyes see just certaintiesWhere answers don't do second guessing
Life is waiting patiently totake her from me to her destiny

I miss the girl that she was
as much as I love what the woman's become
And if a dream came true
let it be that each obstacle she faces
lives full it's course then was long gone