From Realms Of God-Experience Poem by Richard (Narad) Eggenberger

From Realms of God-Experience

How silently you died
And I, reciter of psalms, deprived
Of limbs more sacred than my song
That swelled to paeans when you lived.
Foundation stone of calm and peace,
Love enveloping delight
Gift betokened, priceless one,
Upholder of my day and night
In which I dreamt my spirit-dreams
And soared on inspiration's wings.
Such beauty in thy wisdom's eyes
A life of joyful offerings
Now silenced to a single cry
Of anguish that yet understands
The being's need for pain and death
And pressure of the soul's demands
For deep regenerating sleep
In planes beyond earth's influence,
In preparation for new birth
From realms of God-experience.