How I wish I could explain
The final days of my pain
The torture of life, living alone
Without my family, I have no home
So now my tears silently fall
Everything is gone, including my dog
Darkness is coming it is time to go
Alone in my chair and away I go
To a world much better than one like this
To a place where they care that I exist
I may not make it to Heaven or Hell
They don't take my kind so I say, oh well
Don't cry for me now that I'm gone
Keep these words as I say so long
Please bury my body deep in the ground
Don't mark the grave, I don't want to be found
I need to apologize to my little red haired kid
I�m sorry I�m not there, and did what I did
But a part of me will live on and grow
As long you carry the last name, Shafto
-Dave Shafto
February 2003
