Where Was I?

Where was I when you needed me the most
Why was I just a dream in your darkness
Where was I when you needed to hear my voice
Why didn't I take away your sadness

Where was I when you were lying, bleeding
Why didn't I hear you calling to me
Where was I when you closed your eyes
Why didn't I know it wasn't alright

Where was I when the life had left your veins
Why didn't I wonder what was wrong
Where was I when night had overcome your day
Why did I take so long?

Where was I when your world almost stopped turning
Why didn't I notice anything amiss
What was I doing when for a second, you stopped believing
And why didn't I think anything of it?

Where was I when the questions crept into your mind
Why was I so oblivious
Where was I when your tears blocked out the light
Why did I not know somehow?

Where was I when you were at death's door
How did I not understand
Where was I when it was almost all over
How could I not have cared?

Where was I when you needed me the most?
Why was I just a dream in your darkness?
Where was I, tell me God, where was I when the light almost went out?
And then, and then....and then what would I have done?

~ Mike