You're Not Here

I sit here on the grass

Staring at the stone

Your name is etched upon it

Surrounded, yet alone

I think of all our dreams

And the plans we used to make

The things we'd do together

The trips that we would take

And I'm reminded...

You're not here

 

I lie here in my bed

There's room enough for two

But only one that sleeps here

Looks like it needs you too

There's lightning in the window

In the coming of the storm

And in spite of all the blankets

I just cannot stay warm

It's all because...

You're not here

 

You're not here to see the way the kids

Are growing up so tall

You're not here to know how being alone

Has made me feel so small

You're not here to watch the way that I

Have broken down and cried

You're not here to feel the cancer as

It eats you up inside

 

I sit here in the pew

Listening to the Word

Of Jesus' resurrection

It's the sweetest ever heard

You're in the Father's arms now

Free from any pain

And I have the blest assurance

That I'll see you once again

And it's okay that...

You're not here