Tabby

The sky was heavy, the world felt so cold

When my father passed, and I felt so old

But you sat beside me on that concrete square

Just a bench by his building, but you met me there

Through the quiet tears and the sudden laughs

We found our way through the aftermath

Oh, Tabby, I can't imagine my life without you in it

You held my breaking heart every single minute

I truly believe that God sent you my way

An angel for this season, to help me through the gray

Your genuine spirit means the world to me

My beautiful friend, you're exactly what I need

I know the shadows that you've been walking through

A year since your brother passed, his birthday hurting too

We shared all our grief in the fading afternoon sun

Two wounded souls just trying not to run

You're so intelligent, so caring and so wise

I see the deepest empathy shining in your eyes

Oh, Tabby, I can't imagine my life without you in it

You held my breaking heart every single minute

I truly believe that God sent you my way

An angel for this season, to help me through the gray

Your genuine spirit means the world to me

My beautiful friend, you're exactly what I need

With every funny thing you say, you break the heavy air

You have a gift of understanding that is so incredibly rare

We traded our deep conversations about the ones we had to lose

And found a saving grace in those apartment blues

Oh, Tabby, I can't imagine my life without you in it

You held my breaking heart every single minute

I truly believe that God sent you my way

An angel for this season, to help me through the gray

Your friendship and support mean the world to me

My beautiful friend, my angel, setting my heart free