Once i held an angel so very close to me
I watched her run and jump and dance
but only in my memory.
I waited for the day she'd come, she'd bring such joy to all
Then the Angel was called home,
she'd never had to fall.
She was too perfect for this world, she didn't need to stay.
She went straight up to heaven,
I'll join her there someday.

You don't know how i feel-
please don't tell me that you do.
There's just one way to know-
have you lost a child too?
"You'll have another child!"-
must i hear this each day?
Can i get another mother, too,
if mine should pass away?

Don't say it was "Gods will"- That's not the god i know.
Would god on purpose break my heart,
then watch as my tears flow?
"Arn't you better yet?"
Is that what I heard you say?
NO! A part of my heart aches- I'll always feel pain.
You think that silence is kind,
but it hurts me even more.
I want to talk about my child
who has gone through death's door.

Don't say these things to me,
Although you do mean well.
They do not take the pain away;
I must go through this hell.
I will get better slow but sure-
And it helps to have you near.
But a simple "I'm sorry you lost your child"
Is all i need to hear.

A million times i needed you
A million times i have cried
If love alone could have saved you,
you would have never died.
In life i loved you dearly, in death i love you still.
In my heart you hold a special place,
that none will ever fill.
It broke my heart to loose you, but you did not go alone.
For all my love went with you,
The day god called you home.