It wasn’t easy to leave
It wasn’t easy to make that choice
Tears burned and hearts broke with the decision
It wasn’t easy
And it’s not easy to greet you
But I am sincere when I ask “How’s it going?”
Because I never ask that question if I don’t really want to know the answer
But my sincerity slides off you as you rush by
Your “Hi, how are you?” barely out before you’ve gone past
It’s not easy to face rejection
Though perhaps we should be used to it
It’s what we felt before we left
I wish some days that we hadn’t messed up
whatever it was that you thought we did
That we hadn’t got it wrong
So that we could still be a part
Of what we used to call the best community around
Of what we used to call our extended family
But we made our decision with full knowledge of the fallout
Though we hoped that you might be true to your word
when you said you still love us.
Maybe someday it will be as it once was
When we prayed for each other
Laughed together
Cried together
Worshipped together
I suppose for now we’ll just have to face it
Face the fact that you don’t want any part of us
No matter how much we wanted to be part of you.
