I have not gone

Author Unknown

You think I've gone, that I am dead,
and life has lost its will,
But look around, I am right there,
living with you still
I watch your tears, I feel your pain
I see the things you do
I weep as well, each time you cry,
my soul, it lives with you

It gives such joy to hear you laugh,
and do the things you do
And when you smile o'er by gone days,
I smile right with you too
For we’re still one, just you and me,
one mind, one soul, one being
Walking forward into life,
though only you are seen

And in the stillness of the night,
when the pain it really starts
Stretch out a little with your mind
and draw me to your heart
For I am always right in there,
always by your side
For you have been, all my life’s days,
my joy, my love my pride.