I never told you how your melodies

And belief in my voice

Set my spirits and my will free

Giving my sometimes low self esteem

The ability to believe and hope

And that things could change,

I never told you how I couldn’t

Catch my breath when I saw you

Five years after we first met

And how the melodies

Were still simple to make

After so many years,

I never told you that your

Protective nature

Always made me feel safe

Back when childhood days

Weren’t always so easy,

I never told you how much

I valued your friendship

And how your advice that I could hear

Silently in my mind

Always helped me,

You told me never give up my voice,

Never give up my hopes,

Never give up my dreams,

Never to let anyone bring me down,

And to never forget where I came from

Yet to look to the future.

I never told you thank you

My dear musical friend

For all that you did

Especially the voice in my mind

Other than my mom’s

To never give up

No matter what.