Memorial for a Lost Friend (Score Follower)

Recorded on February 17th, 2024 in the Cady Room at University of Michigan as part of my senior recital "Long Enough, Leaves"

- Memorial for a Lost Friend -
I really should be with you. I know
it’s the last chance I’ll ever have,
but I’m stuck.

I said my goodbyes already.
I saw in your eyes already,
that you knew what was coming.
I felt your fur for the last time already,
I listened for your heartbeat,
the pulse I'd listened for so much before,
I felt your last breaths already -
my head on your side
trying to breathe with you -
they were always a little too fast for me
but these days they've been even faster.

Until now.

It's probably over now.
It probably has been for a while.
I'm sorry that I couldn't be there for you.