Set if free they said

A long time ago they told a very young child

"Set it free"
"If it belongs to you it will come back"

The child longed for something
And the child took a chance and let it go

But they never told the child

"Wait for it"
"When it comes back to you, you need to be there"

It came back, the child was not there, and so it left

The child didn't know
And carries the pain
And the vacuum.