I was there when your babies were born
When the new job started
Cold culture, new country
Brothers in soul
And Meriet, my daughter
I stood in those rooms
Watched you begin again
Thought we’d always be this close
Thought distance was just miles
But life gets in the way
We prioritize that
Don’t know how time won’t stop
When we sleep
When we don’t look
And so the years pass
Children grow up without
Uncles and community
Without examples of how not to be
How not to talk
We live like we’re islands
Alone in a sea of storms
Like a human can exist
As an individual
Without people who love them
Irritate them
Are good to them
But life gets in the way
We prioritize that
Don’t know how time won’t stop
When we sleep
When we don’t look
Was there
Still there
Just further than before
Was there
Still there
Can’t find my way to your door
Was there
Still there
In the spaces we don’t fill
Was there
Still there
And I love you still
But life gets in the way
And we prioritize that
Don’t know how time won’t stop
When we sleep
When we don’t look