SHE AWAITS HIM
LIKE ARMS SPREAD WIDE IN WELCOME-
PATIENTLY AWAITING HIS COMPANY ONCE SHARED,
SHE'S COME TO GUIDE HIM TO HEAVEN.
ONCE GATHERED ABOUT HER RESTING PLACE-
AND WISHING NEVERMORE,
NOW WE LAY HIM DOWN ATOP HER HEART-
WHERE NEW PAIN AND TEARDROPS POUR.
WHERE TIME HAS NAMED THEM RE-UNITED
AND A CHILDS HEART WILL WEEP IN SORROW,
WHERE ANOTHER DADDY IS LAID DOWN TO SLEEP
AND HIS CHILDREN BEGIN TO FACE THEIR TOMORROW.
WHERE DAUGHTERS CRY AND SONS TOO WILL SHED HIS TEARS,
WHERE WE LAY DOWN OUR FATHERS
AND LEARN TO COPE WITH OUR FEARS.
I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU- NOT A STRANGER TO THE LIGHT,
SEE YOU IN THE MORNING- SWEET DREAMS, GOODNIGHT.
