The Other Side
by
Nathanael Smith

Better than a pitless cherry
Or a pitless cherry tree
I was yours and you were my life
For a short eternity

Then you left and loved another
Leaving me to spite my place
I kept watch and looked for comfort
Never catching up the race

Like a striking gong it hit me
Life would never be the same
I would wander seeking persons
'Til I passed into a name

When there's flowers on the cherry
And there's room beneath the tree
I am always sure to find you
Loving her and leaving me

Now I see you on the corner
Now you're laughing with a smile
Now you've turned and gently bent o'er
Now a car comes swiftly by

With a scream I try to stop you
With a sprinting dash to stay
With a gasping groan I push you
As far as I can, far away

Now I'm falling, falling, ever falling
Passing by the wispy ghosts
With a start I hear you speaking
Begging right to raise my lowest

I forgive, I love, I pass away
To an empty, endless night
But I find my balm in knowing
What I did, I could, was right.