WE EACH SET SAIL FOR HEAVEN
EVERY MORNING AS WE WAKE
THEN AS THE DAY IT PASSES
FEWER FOOTSTEPS DO WE TAKE
GETTING EVER NEARER
TO THE PROMISE OF THE LIGHT
THE ONE THAT IS ETERNAL
ALTHOUGH JUST OUT OF SIGHT
IN SLEEP WE TOUCH TOMORROW
BEFORE IT COMES OUR WAY
THEN WE PRESS ON WITH THE HISTORY
IN WHICH WE HAVE TO PLAY
EACH PART IS BUT A PROMISE
WE MADE SO LONG AGO
WHEN WE BADE FAREWELL TO ANGELS
WHO TRULY LOVED US SO
FOR ALL THINGS FIT TOGETHER
AND WE ARE JUST THE SAME
AS WE SET SAIL BACK HEAVEN
THAT PLACE FROM WHICH WE CAME

Thought to Ponder – “When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me.” Erma Bombeck