"I am really pleased to be posting something new by my friend Dona Lou Pearson. She wrote this (as a song) when her first child, Janine, left home. It's a beautiful poem."

Why do I resist a change
That might even be good?
Why do I try to stop the tide,
As if I really could?
Perhaps, if I could see the road
That stretches out ahead,
I'd see it's gonna be alright
There's nothin' there to dread.

But my eyes are blind
And I just can't know
What you're gonna find
And it scares me so
How I hate to say goodbye
And let you go

We've been together for so long
Now you're a part of me
And, though I know
That you must grow
And I must set you free
It's just because I love you so
That this day brings me pain
So please remember when you go
You can return again

But my eyes are blind
And I just can't know
What we're gonna find
And it scares me so
How I hate to say goodbye
And let you go
But now I have to say goodbye
And let you go
With love

© 2000 by Dona Lou Pearson

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