Gone Like the Wind

You left me for a better place,

Where there can be no wrong

And I will never be the same

Again now that you’re gone

Gone like a snowfall in summertime,

Gone like a spark from a flame

Gone up a mountain I never can climb

Gone to a place free of pain

But pain imprisons me it won’t

Leave soon, it’s here to stay

Since happiness turned into grief,

When you flew far away

Gone like a bird that flew from its nest,

Gone into wide open sky

Gone like a tune you cannot recall

Gone though you strain and you try

You are and were my brightest light,

That filled my ev’ry part

Now light shares space with agony,

Within my heart of hearts

Gone like the mist of the morning at noon,

Gone like chain lightning in rain

Gone, plucked away from my arms far too soon,

Gone where you can’t come again

For one more minute with you close,

I’d pay whatever cost

To see again your shining face,

The treasure that I’ve lost

Gone like the leaves born away on the breeze,

Gone into mem’ry and heart

Gone like the wind in a hurricane’s eye

Gone and yet never apart

I know so long as I still love,

And grieve for you like this

Though you’re far off you’ll be with me

Far closer than a kiss

Close as the thoughts rushing ‘round in my head

Close as a bodily part

Close as the blood coursing strong through my veins

Close as the beat of my heart

It’s right you should stay in your place,

And have the joy you’ve earned

While I stay here and think of you,

And all the things I’ve learned