A Conversation

We haven't spoken in so long, dear" This year has gone by in a blur Today seems everything's gone wrong here I'm looking for the way things were I know you'd laugh and call me tragic For everything's in disarray These rooms were always full of magic That's vanished, since you went away This house is crowded now with questions And John's a walking questionnaire And I could surely use a few suggestions On how to brush our daughter's hair When Georgie needed explanations You always knew just what to say And I miss our family conversations It's silent, since you went away Winter has gone But not from this room Snow's left the lane But the cherry trees forgot to bloom I'll carry on the way you told me I say that like I have a choice And though you are not here to hold me In the echoes I can hear your voice But still one question fills my day dear The answer I most longed to know Each moment since you went away dear My question, Kate, is "Where'd you go?"