this magic moment - daniel c. boling. it's his voice she hears
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It’s his voice she hears
Daniel C. Boling (2013)
It’s his voice she hearsShe wept tears of joy
On the day when he married her
Doesn’t seem that long ago
But it’s been forty years
Since the night he first carried her
In through their own bedroom door
It’s his voice she hearsExcept for that stint that he did in the army
She hasn’t spent one night alone
Now she moves in a daze through her daily routine
Waiting for him to come home
It’s his voice she hears in the hallway
His step she hears on the stair
Standing beside her like always
But nobody’s there
He’s still alive in her heart
Where he’s been all of these years
In her mind, every time there’s a sound
It’s his voice she hears
It’s his voice she hearsHer heart wept in silence
Today when she buried him
She can’t believe that it’s true
And nothing seemed real
As she watched his friends carry him
Now she’s not sure what to do
It’s his voice she hearsBack in her twenties she lived by herself
She simply can’t believe she lived by herself
She simply can’t recall how
Friends always say she looks young for her age
But she doesn’t feel that way now
It’s his voice she hearsIt’s his voice she hears in the hallway
His step she hears on the stair
Standing beside her like always
But nobody’s there
He’s still alive in her heart
Where he’s been all of these years
In her mind, every time there’s a sound
It’s his voice she hears
C. Daniel BolingBerkalin 2013