Crossing Jordan

As angels hovered
They said goodbyes
Through the mist
Of Jordans chill
Shadow of cross
As time gave way 
They felt the urge to pray

They clung 
To her breast 
Stained with tears
Jordans waters
Filled her lungs
Stealing the breath
That once sustained
Leaving behind
A weary shell

Sweet presence lingered
But for a moment
As the glory 
Embraced her soul
There was no doubt
What ever the cost
Eternal life her prize

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Homecoming

Cautious the winds

She wisps in and out 

Weaving through realms

Of courageous war

Her spirit roams

Visiting familiar yet

Surveying regions

Careful not to embrace

To embrace would mean

She’d come home to stay

leaving behind earths magic

Restraints of gravity

Silent tearing catching destiny

Thus quick gasp of breath

Embrace now deliberate

Steady exhale of eternity

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In The Arms Of Back Home

Morning songs on the wings of tomorrow

Evening walks in the shade of yesterdays

Where memories become springs of living water

Onward I go my work nearly done

Lay me to rest in the fields of sweet clover

Where the dew kisses the dawn

Footprints of angels  mark the path to my homeland

Oh lay me to rest in the arms of back home

How I long for peace of wind in the poplars

fragrance of birch in the cool autumn nights

strength of the jack pine holds me fast to my journey

The sun now sets on the lake of the woods

My eyes close in death as I bid my farewell

To the place my heart has called home 

 I cross over Jordan with no backward glance

The sunsets behind me I reach that fare shore

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