I Am With You Still

I Am With You Still
(For Amanda, in loving memory of her brother, Wallace Pason Barrs)

I see your tears each time you cry
And know your pain is real.
But rest assured that I am fine
And I am with you still.

I hear your words each time you pray
When by your bed you kneel.
But rest assured that I am fine
And I am with you still.

I feel your touch each time you visit
My grave that’s all too real.
But rest assured that I am fine

And I am with you still.

I know you think I left too soon

And your heart will never heal.

But rest assured that I am fine

And I am with you still.

You were my sister and my friend

God gave to us that seal.

And when your hurt is hard to bear

I am with you still.

                                                                          ~Ruth McDonald Mair