We All Go Home

When the last eulogy has been spoken
And the final song is sung
When the rose as a farewell token
Is laid upon old or young
When the tears and whispered comforts
Have helped to soothe us some
We turn toward the exit
And we all go home

Tall and short, blonde and brunette
The young and young at heart
The quick, the slow, the in-between
Eventually depart
In mini-vans, Mercedes-bens
Pick-up trucks for some
Buses, taxis, cars of all kinds
We all go home

All but the one who rests in the ground
And soon will return to dust
But his soul will move on eternity bound
As every soul someday must
To meet with the deeds that we have done
No more this earth to roam
In the land beyond the rising sun
We will all go home

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Janet Martin


The dead were judged according to what they had done
as recorded in the books. Rev. 20:12

Forever in my Heart

Here on a carpet of sorrow
Your cherished memory lies
Yesterday, today and tomorrow
Now I realize
Though you are gone from my presence
We will never be apart
You will be with me forever
Always in my heart

Like a garden of fragrant memories
You linger on my mind
I hear your laughter on the breeze
Your voice so soft and kind
They say you are gone forever
But I know we will never part
Until I meet you in heaven
You will remain in my heart

I’ve borne my hour of torment
Suffered love’s agony
Now I know I can be content
For I know where you’ll be
And this is my eternal comfort
My candle in the dark
For you are right here with me
Forever in my heart

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Janet Martin

J.

Letting Go

If God gives us love to hold, then we must know,
There is coming a day when we need to let go,
To let go of our children, a husband or wife,
A father or mother or sweet friends in our life
Treasure and cherish them for we all know
There is coming a day when we’ll need to let go

His loving gifts are but treasures to borrow,
For no one but He knows our day of sorrow,
When time will come knocking on our door of woe
And the hour has come for us to let go,
We lay no claim to these earthly flowers,
By His gracious Name these gifts are ours…

…to be blessed with awhile and bless others too,
Until we are called to let them go,
Be it out of our door or out of this world
He owns every man, woman, boy or girl,
And it comforts me, oh it comforts me so
To know that our God will never let go

April 2009 All Rights Reserved