I brushed the dirt from the glass
Set it where the air could find it
Not to call the loss over
Just to leave one thing shining

I have carried what I could
I have named what I could name
I have slept beside the missing
Let the quiet keep its place
There are things I won’t recover
There are rooms I won’t get back
But I found a little glow there
Still warm beneath the black

So I’ll leave the light unburied
Let it sit above the ground
Not a crown, not a rescue
Just a small thing still around
If grief is coming with me
Let hope come with it too
I’ll leave the light unburied
For me
And for you

I don’t need the wound to vanish
I don’t need the ache explained
I can hold your absence gently
Without giving it my name
There’s a path behind the house now
Where the weeds have learned my feet
I walk slow with both hands open
Past the places I still grieve

So I’ll leave the light unburied
Let it sit above the ground
Not a crown, not a rescue
Just a small thing still around
If grief is coming with me
Let hope come with it too
I’ll leave the light unburied
For me
And for you

Back where the applause ended
I thought silence meant the end
Now I know a quiet room
Can still become a friend
I won’t call this being healed
I won’t dress it up as peace
But I can let one living thing
Stay visible with me

I’ll leave the light unburied
Let it sit above the ground
No grand goodbye behind me
No final answer found
If grief is coming with me
Let hope come with it too
I’ll leave the light unburied
For me
And for you

I brush the glass once more
Then take the quiet road
The light stays where I left it
Small
And not alone