A Better Place, Through the Years

They're in a better place,

They tell me.

They're happy there.

Were they not happy here?

Now I'M not happy here.

When will they come back?

They're in a better place,

They tell me.

Like a vacation.

We never got to go on a vacation.

How do you know they like vacations?

Maybe they're mad

Being stuck somewhere like

Florida, or something,

And away from us.

When will they come back?

They're in a better place,

They tell me.

That's not true.

I asked my teacher

Where people go

And she told me

Nobody knows for sure.

They're not on a vacation!

They're lost!

We have to find them!

They're in a better place,

They tell me.

I smile sadly

And give them a nod,

And a 'Thank you'.

A better place, huh...

That coffin doesn't look much better to me.

They're in a better place,

I tell myself,

Pushing back tears--

But without them,

This place

Is so much worse.