I thought I heard you whisper,
But it was only rustling leaves.
I thought I heard your soft sigh,
But it was just the wind that grieves.
I thought I heard your laughter
In a little child’s delight.
I thought I saw your smile
In reflections of sunlight.
I felt your arms around me,
When I turned you were not there
And the thought of ‘you no longer’
Was a thought too hard to bear.
So I closed my eyes and searched for you,
The faintest echo of your voice in the sweet song of a bird.
Now I know I heard your whisper
In the rustling of the leaves.
And I know I heard your soft sigh
In the blowing wind that grieves.
I know it was your laughter
In that little child’s delight
And I know I saw your bright smile
In the sparkling sunlight.
You may not walk beside me
Ever since we had to part
But I know you walk within me
For you live inside my heart.