What You Took Away — Pines Lean

Did you ever know
How much you took away
With you, when you left?
A time long gone
In the simple instant you breathed your last

There came a song
A melody, like simple bird
It fluttered near
Around the bed
And you spoke to me
Answered all my questions without a word
I think you knew
The tragedy of loss played out instead
Inside your head

Did you ever know
How much we loved you then
In moments, now long gone
A distant memory, but still so close
The mind plays tricks
And picks at notes
That melody, it breathed its last
It sighed, and slept

But did you know?
How much you took away
With you, when you left?
I ask, not in anger or regret
I just want to know
If you knew
We loved you

I know