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evomx5
Member

since 2005-07-11

Posts 52
Atlanta, GA

0 posted 2005-08-15 06:50 AM

I really didn’t want to take this trip
So long I’ve been gone from home
A small town didn’t suit me well
I had to get out and roam

Funerals are hard to go through
And I had to go for this one
I’ll get to see some old friends of mine
But I’ll really be glad when it’s done

We left the airport for the long ride home
Down the country roads and beautiful scenery
I’d forgotten how pretty the trees can be
And the fields in all of their greenery

At last we pull on to the cemetery trail
I can see all my friends with tears in their eyes
As we pull up beside the gravesite
I can hear the wails as they cry

The hearse is opened, the casket in view
As my old football buddies step in
To carry me to my resting place
Beside all the rest of my kin

I thought when you died, you left right away
But I could see all of this taking place
I guess the Lord lets you stay for a while
To get one last look at a face

The people cried and hugged one another
Slowly, they left me alone
And, when they were gone, I started to fly
Now, I was really going home.

sandgrain
Member Elite

since 1999-09-21

Posts 3662
Sycamore, IL, USA

1 posted 2005-08-15 06:15 PM

This one brought a lump in my throat. I love your work.

Rae

Musicmaker1969

Senior Member

since 2000-06-25

Posts 589
Peterborough, Ontario Canada

2 posted 2006-01-02 11:59 PM

Very interesting poem. I loved it! Maybe God does let us stick around or allows us to see the impact we had on other people around us - kind of like in It's A Wonderful Life. George Bailey got to see what life would be like had he not been born. Maybe when we die, we will get a chance to see what kind of positive and negative impact we had on those we loved and cherished. Very nice write.
Sheri Adams

Jesus lives in my heart! He can in yours too!!!
Sheri Liegh Adams
sheriliegh@sympatico.ca

junemac
Senior Member

since 2003-04-24

Posts 1005
uk

3 posted 2006-01-04 05:33 PM

Very nicely written words on a subject that many of us have ondered.
I enjoyed this touching poem very much
June xxxx

jody5
Senior Member

since 2005-12-21

Posts 876
California, U.S.A.

4 posted 2006-01-04 05:49 PM

What a beautiful poem. The way you captured the transition of life to the way of the afterlife is what I believe to. Thank you for sharing that.

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