The Light I Leave Behind

I've walked through fire I've walked through rain

Carried both sorrow and quiet shame

But every step I laid a stone

So someone else won't walk alone

I've sung my truth I've felt the cost

I've held the line when all felt lost

And though my voice may one day fade

The echoes of my love remain

This is the light I leave behind

Not silver gold or grand design

But words I spoke when others hid

The strength I gave the hand I did

If I am gone don't close your eyes

You'll still feel me in the rise

This is the light I leave behind

I've known goodbye I've known regret

But never once a life I'd forget

Even the pain became a seed

For something kinder someone freed

I don't need a name in stone

Just to know I lit one home

This is the light I leave behind

A whisper turning into fire

The tears I turned into a song

The place I stood when it felt wrong

So when you fall or lose your mind

Reach for the light I left behind

And when you rise you rise with me

The light I leave is how you see