You Saw It All - Herbert

You’re not my only friend

Not even my best

You’re almost of essential though

Along with the rest

You’re not my only sense

You’re one of a few

You know when to leave alone

You show me the view

Allies across the years

You witnessed the best

Gave drainage for all my tears

And closed on request

You saw before me when

I knew it all

You turned the other way

Watching me fall

You see it all

If when you’re leaving me

Remember me this

If we’re dependent still

We cannot miss

You’re maybe the last to go

Probably the first

Show me a little place

Where i can grow worse

And as you retreat from me

The closer i come

Further from yesterday

Nearer the sun

And though i may never see

All that you did

Promise me nothing more

You saw it all