When I Traveled Not Alone

I’ve walked the narrow paths of life Strewn thick with many forms of grief And yet the pains I could forget When I traveled not alone. On and on, for years and years We wandered in this vale of tears. We shared the joys and sorrows too When I traveled not alone. Hand in hand, arm in arm The miles to come, we thought not of But talked together, laughed, and cried When I traveled not alone. The sun e’er shone and gentle wind Blew softly, softly, always warm. The storms that came, they quickly passed When I traveled not alone. But now the breeze is always cold The thorns, they tear my bloodstained feet For you faded from my side- And now I travel all alone.