Salvation Divine

This poem to be read

at the end of my life

 

When I bid you adieu

from the joy and the strife

 

A verse filled with hope

and with love from within

 

To carry inside,

my song on the wind

  

I’ll try not to preach,

as others have done

 

But rather beseech you,

to strive twice begun

 

To love with the strength

that’s God given inside

 

Then to love even more,

in an unending rhyme

 

These words are my gift,

I bequeath you today

 

In the hope you’ll remember

what I last had to say

 

For I loved you all deeply,

your kindness I sought

 

And the memories sweetly,

those lessons you taught

 

So I leave you this morning,

and bid you farewell

 

I leave you together,

bonded hearts then to dwell

 

All strength in your sharing,

my love to remind

 

Your redemption awaits,

—salvation divine

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2016)