BEYOND LIFE'S GATEWAY
Little one lie down your head
The day is closed it's time for bed!
The gentle winds blow to and fro
And all of nature seems to know...
That day has fled and all around
The evening comes without a sound.
A glorious calm has settled deep
Upon the day. It's time for sleep.
May dreams of fields and running free
Fill every moment of your sleep.
May peaceful rest bring you this day
To yonder shore beyond the gate.
I'll linger here awhile just yet
But you go on my loving pet.
T'is time for us to part our way
Until the coming of the day...
When we again will meet once more
Beyond Life's Gateway on yonder shore.
But for a time we both must wait
On either side God's shining gate.
And should you see me crying there
It's not because I think unfair
The shortness of the days we shared
T'is only that I loved and cared.
So go my gentle little one
With all my love into the sun
I'll join you on another day
When all earth's cares shall pass away.
By : Timothy R. Laurence
(dedicated to In Memory of Pets and to my
Golden Retriever Madge 1987-1998.)
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