Hole in My Chest

There’s still a hole in my chest

The one that opened when I left

Sometimes it still aches

You can still see the breaks

 

I’ll admit that I cried

For hours that first night

The day I said goodbye

Was one of the longest of my life

 

It’s the little things that remind me

Of all I’ve left behind me

I’m overcome by a swell of sadness

As I think of all that I miss

 

I knew the day it began

That someday it was going to end

But that didn’t cushion the blow

When it was time to go

 

But this hole in my chest

Shrinks with each passing day

Now you can barely see it

Now I can hardly feel it

 

Now this whole in my chest

Each day hurts less and less

I know someday it will disappear

But the memories will remain