At his bedside
The gentle Angel stood
Watching as a man slept,
Listening
to his quiet
Shallow breath
The Angel
reached out a hand
And spoke softly
“Come with me now,
It’s time to see the lord”
So sleeping no more
He left his empty body
And took the offered hand
The Angel
smiled
And they began to ascend
To a better place and time.
They
travelled vertically
Though not
through a tunnel,
As he was
expecting,
It was more like
a chimney.
They climbed
toward a light,
Which was as
expected,
And the light
became ever brighter
Until its brilliance
Became almost blinding
All at once, they emerged,
Into the land of light and love
The gentle
Angel smiled
Before
evaporating into the light
And the man was surrounded
By those who had passed before
Familiar
faces greeted him
Loved ones from
years past
And they
introduced him
To the delights of paradise,
Where milk and honey flowed.
Scenes of unimagined
beauty,
Sweet perfumed
air, heavenly music
And Choirs of angels singing
But what
overpowered his senses
Seeping through
every pore
Overwhelming him
and filling his heart
Was a pure
everlasting love
