Lightning brought you home

I watched your spirit fade away Like autumn leaves on a winter's day Your smile became a distant call As darkness built its heavy wall Remember how we used to dance? Now vacant eyes meet every glance The air grew thick with what we feared As bit by bit, you disappeared Your light went out, but lightning brought you home Through thunder's gate, you weren't alone I held your hand through rain and storm 'Til morning light could keep you warm When doctors spoke of voltage plans My heart stopped cold, I wrung my hands "It's safe," they said, "A way to heal" But fear made all their words surreal The morning came with bitter frost I counted everything we'd lost But in your eyes, a quiet plea To trust what I could barely see Your light went out, but lightning brought you home Through thunder's gate, you weren't alone I held your hand through rain and storm 'Til morning light could keep you warm (Some say it's cruel) But they don't know (Some turn away) But I watched you grow Back into yourself Back into the day Like sunshine breaking through the gray Now here you are, returned to me Your mind at peace, your spirit free The storm has passed, the air is clear And all that dark has disappeared I see you dancing once again Your laughter washing off the pain And though the path was hard to see That lightning set your spirit free Your light shines bright, and lightning brought you home Through healing gates, we're not alone I'll hold your hand through any storm Now morning light will keep you warmPatterns playing, passing time Something's stirring in the air Got that message, going there