Before He Left Poem by Donal Mahoney

He left a ticket
for you and me
and for everyone else
before he left.

He said he’d be back
but didn’t say when.
He said some of us
would need a ticket

long before then.
You have yours
and I have mine.
Others we know

have picked up theirs
but many haven’t.
Some never do.
Millions of tickets

have gone unclaimed.
What happens to those
who don't believe
they need a ticket?

They can always take
an uncharted flight
and pray the trip
turns out all right.