The room is quiet, the world asleep
I sit alone with things I keep
A worn-out scarf, a photograph
The sound of your forgotten laugh
You left before I found the words
To tell you how my silence hurts
But in the stillness, I can hear
The parts of you that feel so near
You’re not a shadow in the past
You’re every note that’s meant to last
In every breath, I hold a flame
That whispers gently through your name
I carry you through all my days
In quiet steps, in silent praise
No need to see, no need to speak
You live in every tear I keep
And though the world may turn away
There’s still a place you softly stay
Not far, not gone, not out of sight—
You are where memory meets the light
They ask me how I move along
I say your love still sings in song
In empty chairs, in morning air
You’re in the things that aren’t quite there
And when I break beneath the stars
I trace the sky to find your heart
The night becomes a sacred space
Where time can’t steal your gentle grace
I carry you through all my days
In quiet steps, in silent praise
No need to see, no need to speak
You live in every tear I keep
And though the world may turn away
There’s still a place you softly stay
The light that never slips away
Still shines on where you chose to stay