It was a time of silence, it was a time of sound,
It was a fleeting loss, it was a victory found,
It was the calm of night, it was the break of dawn,
It was a dance of light, before the darkness was gone.

It was the cry of joy, it was the wail of despair,
It was the warmth of love, it was the cold of care,
It was the breath of life, it was the silence of death,
We held it all so tightly, yet lost it with each breath.

It was the touch of hands, it was the ache of loss,
It was the crown of gold, it was the weight of the cross,
It was the rise to glory, it was the fall from grace,
We reached for heaven’s promise, but found an empty space.