I'm counting the days
I'm counting the weeks
I'm counting the hours
Until I am free.

All of the secrets
I'll leave behind
To fall away like shackles
From my troubled mind.

There are so many things
I've yet to do and see
The promise of a good life
Is waiting for me.

Will I  live long enough
To make it all worthwhile
The pain and the sorrow
The laughter and the smiles.

I never promised you joy
I never promised you pain
I never promised you sunshine
I never promised you rain.

I never promised you anything
Not even that I'd be true
Still we faced life together
And I still love you.

Over my last leaving
I have no control
But forsaking my slavery
Brings peace to my soul.

What tomorrow will bring
The cards have not shown
But we'll face it together
And I'll not die alone. 

   
 ©Copyright Kevin Fraleigh 2019