You Were There

The call came in the middle of the night

And the world we knew went dark without a light

Maki laid still, the machines beside her bed

And I didn't know how to hold what was ahead

But then the phone rang, and the door knocked soft

And the meals appeared, and the prayers went up

You didn't wait to ask — you just showed up

You were there when we couldn't stand

You were hands and feet and heart

You were there with a plate, with a call, with a text

With flowers at the door in the dark

When the ICU walls closed in around us

And fear had its grip on our name

You were the love of God with skin on

You were there — and we'll never be the same

And my father lay down a few days later

Two hospital rooms, one family trying to bloom

Luke and Chloe watching Daddy hold it all

You caught us with your prayers, every time we'd start to fall

The DoorDash came, the messages poured in

Pastor prayed, the church wrapped around again

We never had to ask — you already knew

You were there when we couldn't stand

You were hands and feet and heart

You were there with a plate, with a call, with a text

With flowers at the door in the dark

When the ICU walls closed in around us

And fear had its grip on our name

You were the love of God with skin on

You were there — and we'll never be the same

We saw Jesus in your eyes

In the casseroles and the lullabies

In the "I'm coming over — don't say another word"

In the silence when you just sat near

In the way you loved our children through their fear

This is what the Body's supposed to be

You were there when we couldn't stand

You were hands and feet and heart

You were there with a plate, with a call, with a text

With flowers at the door in the dark

When the ICU walls closed in around us

You carried what we couldn't carry alone

You were the love of God with skin on

You were there — and you helped us find our way home

To every name we know

And every prayer we'll never know was prayed

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.