i'll never be ready to say "good-bye"
i'm angry, i've got huge tears in my eyes
saving others...that's what you loved to do
you should still be here...but terror ensued

i'll never be ready to say "good-bye"
i don't understand why you had to die
i know you faced dangers everyday
the ultimate price you one day might pay

i'll never be ready to say "good-bye"
i cry when i look at the smoke filled sky
i've lost too many friends...they were the brave
i've been left...i'll be visitin' their graves

i'll never be ready to say "good-bye"
to my brothers, in the rubble they lie
the spot where they are buried calls to me
i've got to keep searching through the debris

i'll never be ready to say "good-bye"
in your honor, the flag at half-staff flies
pain in my heart will never go away
i'll remember you...beginning today

dammit! i'm not ready to say "good-bye"
can't you hear me scream, can't you hear me cry
we'll remember you--i promise you this
you won't be forgotten--won't be dismissed
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one of my earlier writes.

i wrote this for the FDNY...who lost too many
of their brothers. this is for them, and for their
family members. i'm so sorry...

i will always remember and never forget. :(

(((HUGS))) and love,

karla. :(