Forever And All Time Poem by GREENWOLFE 1962

I had a dream the other day
That I walked along a road,
And came upon a man who worked
At a place where water flowed.

He smiled and spoke in gentle words,
'Come now stranger, tell me true.
Are you the one to take my place
And is my work now through? '

I said, 'I really could not say, '
As I knew not where I go.
Or even where I journeyed from,
This place, I did not know.

'Oh well, ' he said, 'It won't be long
Till my work is done, someday.
I've waited here two thousand years,
So what's another day? '

'You see the planks I laid? ' He said.
And I said, 'I really do.'
' I lay them for my friends to cross
So they might start anew.'

'For on the other side you see,
Is the place where I shall go.
I even cut my own good plank
But I can't lay it though.'

I said, 'I just don't understand.'
And he tried then to explain.
'I'm waiting for someone to come,
The last one down the lane.'

'For he alone will lay my plank
As I cannot lay for him.
I must complete my father's work
As I wait just for them.'

'And when he comes, I then will go
Into my father's land.
And then the souls of all good men
Who crossed will take my hand.'

I said, 'What then, will come of him
Who labored and did for Thee? '
He said, ' That of the souls of men,
He's special, don't you see? '

'He's the one who shall remain,
Forever and all time.
For he's the one my father chose
To rest here so sublime.'

'To not return from dreamer's land
As others always do.
But to remain forever here
As all his dreams come true.'

I asked if I might lay His plank
And he smiled and said, 'You may.'
And so I took His plank in hand
And tried so hard to lay.

Alas! I could not lay His plank.
And He said, ' It might be you.
You're not the first in dreams to try
To have your dreams come true.'

'It's only when your soul returns,
When your body dies one day.
That you will know your fate for sure
If you should come this way.'

I said I really did not know
Of the fates, which I desired.
He said, ' The only fate to dread
Is the one that Satan fired.'

'But I will tell you true my friend.
Whichever way you may go;
You can't get there by dreams alone -
It's living life, you know.'

I asked if He'd prepared for me,
'A new sturdy plank today.'
And He just smiled and turned and said,
'You best be on your way.'

I then awoke from this fine dream
To a better life for me.
And now I know what to expect
The afterlife to be.

I've wondered if He made my plank,
Or will I rest so sublime.
And always see my dreams come true,
Forever And All Time.