I Hold Your Hand

When all is darkness and despair

And none there is who seems to care

No comfort comes to ease your mind

A friend on earth you cannot find

I hold your hand

You cannot smile through endless tears

Your world is fraught with doubt and fears

The present seems a hopeless grey

You dread to meet another day

I hold your hand

O human friend your tears are mine

Your sufferings with mine entwine

Your doubts and fears I make my own

Your sorrow and your grief is known

I hold your hand

But daylight comes and hope is born

And happiness comes with the sawn

The clouds have passed, the sun breaks through

And life seems to begin anew

I hold your hand

You may not know that I am there

In joy and in your deep despair

In dream and in your quiet thought

With loving touch I bring support

I hold your hand

And this will ever surely be

In life and through eternity

I hold your hand