What Remains Warm

[Verse 1] The glass in my hands The chair by the lamp The book with the folded page The old quilt across the bed A voice on the other end That doesn’t rush the air The dog asleep in the doorway The kettle just beginning These are not miracles Not the kind they write about But they are what stayed When so much else burned out [Pre-Chorus] I used to think Only the bright things counted Now I know Warmth has quieter ways [Chorus] What remains warm After the years went hard What remains warm After the dark did what it does A hand A word A room that doesn’t flinch What remains warm Is enough to build from [Verse 2] There were winters in me That lasted past the weather Whole rooms I could sit in And still feel snow inside the ribs But not everything surrendered Not every ember died Some small things kept their pulse Without asking to be seen A song under my breath A laugh that still came through A little trust in morning A little mercy in the blue [Pre-Chorus] I don’t need What’s gone to come back To honor what survived [Chorus] What remains warm After the years went hard What remains warm After the dark did what it does A hand A word A room that doesn’t flinch What remains warm Is enough to build from [Bridge] Not untouched Not unchanged Not innocent again Just still capable Of giving off a little heat Still capable Of holding someone near Still here [Final Chorus] What remains warm I want to live beside What remains warm I want to learn its name A light Left low A body unafraid to rest What remains warm May be the truest thing I have left [Outro] After the long cold There are still things That know how to hold heat