I COULD NOT HELP BUT WONDER
AS THE NEWS MEDIA WAS HEARD TO TELL
...
WISDOM COMMETH WITH THE DAWN
OF KNOWING WHO WE TRULY BE
SPIRIT, LIGHT, AND LOVE WE SEE
AS ALL THERE IS - TO ETERNITY.
...
NEARBY WOODS BECKONED
ON THIS HUMID SUMMER DAY
AS I CHOSE A NARROW WEATHERED TRAIL
TO BE MY GUIDE ALONG THE WAY.
...
March 27, 1994 Alabama Tornado
I COULD NOT HELP BUT WONDER
AS THE NEWS MEDIA WAS HEARD TO TELL
NINETEEN CHURCH GOERS DIE AS WALLS AND STEEPLE FELL
ALABAMIANS SHOOK TO THE VERY CORE
THESE SEEMINGLY HORRIBLE DEATHS TO EXPLORE!
EVEN THEIR FAITH COULD BE SHAKEN A BIT IT SEEMED TO ME
TILL SUDDENLY THIS THOUGHT OCCURRED TO MAKE ME SEE!
PHYSICAL DEATH BEING TO ALL A SURITY
HOW WOULD I CHOOSE TO DEPART FROM THIS EARTH?
AN ACCIDENT ON A LONELY ROAD?
A LONG STRUGGLE IN A HOSPITAL BED?
A CRASH FROM A PLANE HIGH ABOVE?
OR SITTING IN CHURCH WITH THOSE I LOVE
THE ANSWER THEN WAS VERY CLEAR
THESE DEPARTED ONES WERE TRULY BLEST !
LEAVING TOGETHER - NOTHING TO FEAR
JOINED IN SPIRIT - WITH OUR GOD OF LOVE
JOINED TOGETHER - FOR TOTAL REBIRTH
I ASK YOU, DEAR FRIENDS?
HOW WOULD YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO LEAVE THIS EARTH?