Shadows Of Death Poem by micheal udenyi

home from me is far away behind
the other side of life is ahead
there are so many more paths for me to tread
through the valleys of the shadow of death
into the edge of the darkest night
the moons and stars so brightly dim
mist and shadow cloud and shade
all now must fade.

I am not afraid of death and never will
for die we all must of certainty
a necessary evil
better now than bitter later
i know this won't be the end
the journey ends not here
for the christian faith has found a bend
but are my deeds worth the prize
sure for so do i think
death to me is just another route
one which we all must follow

And so they'll say to my friends and family
'i would not ask you not to weep
for not all tears are evil'
and then in ghostly form i'd say
' i go to my fathers
in whose mighty presence
i dare not feel ashamed
and then my friends and family say
amidst sobs and groans
'please do not leave us alone
nor take the route to the place
where we cannot follow'

But i the little guest have suffered
so much pains in the hands of life my host
who could have thought such a kid
would have endured so much a pain

And so i beheld
the old grey rain curtain
of this world rolled back
and everything turns to silver glass
and my old self and world changed
trees turn from green to gold
and then i saw the white shore
and beyond a far gold country
and the fading away of the old sun
under a swift new sun rise
i made it at last
heaven

Alas. who woke me from this heavely dream?