When you have someone that holds your heart

And you feel only half when you’re apart,

It makes it harder when you have to let go.

Even when it’s a decision that you already know

Is the best for you both and your lives will go on,

And that person will never be truly gone.

When you love a person and know in your heart

 That no matter what life brings they’ll always be part

Of a time full of laughter and sometimes pain,

And maybe someday fate will unite you again.

But if that day doesn’t come you can never forget

About the good that was shared and the love you begat.

When you let someone go they take a piece of your heart

To carry with them always and you then have to start

Looking for a new life and remember what was

A short lifetime filled with love and don’t pause

To dwell on what could have been, for it was not to be.

If you truly love someone you must set them free.

When you have a love like Jennifer, there’s only room in your heart

For the love of your children and a dog that’s so smart.

Yet, there has to be room to step back and let go

As she takes a path towards a new life, one that I know

She needs and deserves, and yes I will take time to weep,

But I will smile when I see her face in my sleep.

 
B Heath Harris/(c) 2011