Little Light, Still Ours
Verse 1You were only just a whisper in the quiet of her dreaming
little heartbeat hiding softly in the hollow of her hand
She was talking to your shadow every night before she slept
telling stories you could follow when you reached this side of land
Every name she ever thought of wrapped around you like a blanket
every picture that she painted had your laughter in the blue
Even though the days were fragile and her body felt so tired
every breath she took was edged with one more promise made for you.
ChorusLittle light, still ours
even though we never got to see your eyes
You are stitched into her heartbeat
you are written in our skies
Every time she laughs a little
every time she holds her chest and smiles, That is you
that is you, tiny glow that traveled only just a while
Love did not end when the doctors shook their heads and bowed
Love is the hush in her breathing when she feels you in the clouds.
Verse 2She will always have a corner in her mind that smells like baby soap and sun and brand new cotton on the bed
There are mornings she wakes early just to sit beside the window
feeling fingers made of starlight combing gently through her head
She did everything she could and then she loved you even further
past the borders of the hospital and out beyond the rain
Now your touch is in the softness when she lets herself remember
and the warmth you leave behind her is a balm upon the pain.
ChorusLittle light, still ours
even though we never got to see your eyes
You are stitched into her heartbeat
you are written in our skies
Every time she laughs a little
every time she holds her chest and smiles, That is you
that is you, tiny glow that traveled only just a while
Love did not end when the doctors shook their heads and bowed
Love is the hush in her breathing when she feels you in the clouds.
BridgeIf her tears could build a cradle
it would rock you safe and slow above the storm
If her love could shape a lullaby
it would wrap around your shoulders and keep you warm
So if she ever doubts her body or her worth or what she gave
Tell her in the quiet she was more than enough
she was brave.
OutroLittle light, still ours
you were here and you are here in every prayer
Every gentle act of kindness is a way of saying you were always meant to share
She will carry you in memory
in the way her hands grow softer with the years
You are the halo round her laughter and the sweetness in her tears
Little light, still ours
you are love that learned to float beyond our view
Not a story that was broken
just a small soul held forever, soft and true.