I stretch my arm out to the night sky

I’m crying with never-ending teardrops

I can’t reach the happiness inside of me

The person I cared for is gone and out of sight

My insides curl up into a tight ball

My arms and legs feel numb as I try to walk

I wipe the dreadful tears off my face and ask

‘Why did you have to leave?’

Where will you be when I move on from elementary

Where will you be when I am looking at my new school

Where will you be when I start as a woman

Where will you be when I go to high school 

Where will you be when I am at my graduation

Will you be in heaven looking down at my successes

Will you be in heaven enjoying the presence of God

Will you be in heaven wishing to be here with me

Why, mother, why?

Why did you have to leave?

Where will you be when I get my first child

Where will you be when I am getting married

Where will you be when I get a child

Where will you be when I graduate from college

Where will you be?

Do you even still remember me?

It’s your daughter you left back by the sea

You left me with you in my memory

I reach for you in the night sky

And I ask you to come back

You left me when I was so little

I need a mom now

I’m a teenager with just a single dad 

And two friends I know will always have my back

When, when, when, when

When will I ever get to see you again