One Heart, One Life

(for Abby)

by Jerry Rectenwald


O, how can one heart feel so much love
That it breaks just at the thought of you?
And how can one life be so very brief
Yet so profound that it changes the world?

It is a mystery to me, the miracle of life
We are a part of something larger than we know
You’ve opened places in our hearts we never knew where there
And we are amazed at the love that overflows

O, how can one heart feel so much love
That it breaks just at the thought of you?
And how can one life be so very brief
Yet so profound that it changes the world?

When you came into this world we greeted you with joy
You were the focus of so many hopes and dreams
But this world greeted you with pain that we couldn’t take away
I guess the mystery is deeper than it seems

Yes there are mysteries we don’t want to know
Places of pain we’d rather not go
And we have walked that dark path with you, Little One
But I know there will come a day
When we’ll walk hand in hand
In love, and together evermore

O, how can one heart feel so much love
That it breaks just at the thought of you?
And how can one life be so very brief
Yet so profound that it changes the world?

So profound that it changes the world
With love profound, and it changes the world