As I walked down the hallway I stopped a little astray. br I heard a faint little cry and was going to hurry on by, br But when I heard the faint whispers of 'Why did you go'. br I slowly walked to where you were. br When you looked up I saw the tears br That were slowly streaming down your face. br I stopped... and looked really closely and seen who you really were. br You were the one that I heard about the hour before last. br You were the red faced child, the one who lost it all. br I walked up to you and wrapped an arm around you. br You and I never knew each other before, br but now as you cry in my arms I see that I do really know you br I know you because I know your pain. br The questions you ask yourself over and over again, br The hurt that you would forever feel. br I knew because I have been there. br I still ask myself why did you leave me all alone. br I have looked for the answer but have yet to find it. br 'You'll be fine, everything will be fine.' I say these words to you, br the same way my father said them to me. br When she left me. br I was never fooled I knew I would never see her again. br I knew I would never get to say 'I love you mommy' again. br As you cry in my arms I slowly pull away from you and say, br 'You'll never get completely over this br but believe me I'll help you through it.' br You smiled a little and thanked me. br As you walk away a picture flashes in my mind. br There I was a little girl again. br I watched astonished as you, my mother, br my only mother walked through the door. br I ran to you and flung my arms around you and I cried. br 'Do not worry baby I'll never leave you again.' br Those were the words you said to me. br That was the promise that I knew would not last forever. br But really I was expecting it to last longer than a day.