“I Thought I Saw Your Light”

I thought I saw you walking by today,

Same kind of smile, same familiar way.

I turned around, but you weren’t there,

Just an empty space and a whispered prayer.

Sometimes I look up into the sky,

Searching for a sign, asking God why.

Maybe it’s my heart playing tricks on me,

Or love still showing me what my eyes can’t see.

I flip through pictures, worn and old,

So many memories I still hold.

I visit your grave, stand there awhile,

Talking to the silence, remembering your smile.

You’re a light I can’t reach, but I still see you shine,

A star in the dark, still a part of my life.

Death closed the door, but it couldn’t erase

The love that still lives in an empty space.

Cancer took some, crashes took others away,

Some lost their lives to a bullet one day.

Some left so quietly, their time simply came,

But love keeps a candle burning through the pain.

You may be gone from my sight, but you’re still in my light.

I hear your name in a song on the radio,

Feel you in the places we used to go.

A stranger turns around, and for a second I swear,

I see your face, feel your presence there.

I save every picture like a piece of your soul,

But a photograph can’t fill the hole.

I’d trade all the tomorrows I’ve yet to see,

For one more yesterday with you next to me.

I stand by your headstone, wishing you could hear,

All the little things I’d tell you if you were here.

The world keeps turning, but some days stand still,

And missing you is a hurt time can’t heal.

You’re a light I can’t reach, but I still see you shine,

A star in the dark, still a part of my life.

Death closed the door, but it couldn’t erase

The love that still lives in an empty space.

Cancer took some, crashes took others away,

Some lost their lives to a bullet one day.

Some left so quietly, their time simply came,

But love keeps a candle burning through the pain.

You may be gone from my sight, but you’re still in my light.

Grief is a shadow that follows the sun,

A thousand unsaid things, a goodbye never done.

Some lights go out before we’re ready to part,

But the ones that we lose leave their glow in our hearts.

And if you see me looking up into the blue,

I’m not chasing the clouds—

I’m just missing you.

I thought I saw your light today,

In a stranger’s face, in the clouds far away.

I’d give anything to hear you say my name,

But I carry your love like an eternal flame.

And when the night falls and the stars shine bright,

I’ll remember your love, I’ll remember your light.

Though I can’t hold you like I used to do,

A part of my forever will always belong to you.

I thought I saw your light today,

In a stranger’s face, in the clouds far away.

I’d give anything to hear you say my name,

But I carry your love like an eternal flame.

And when the night falls and the stars shine bright,

I’ll remember your love, I’ll remember your light.