Salvation Divine

This poem to be read at the end of my life When I bid you adieu from the joy and the strife A verse filled with hope and with love from within To carry inside, my song on the wind I’ll try not to preach, as others have done But rather beseech you, to strive twice begun To love with the strength that’s God given inside Then to love even more, in an unending rhyme These words are my gift, I bequeath you today In the hope you’ll remember what I last had to say For I loved you all deeply, your kindness I sought And the memories sweetly, those lessons you taught So I leave you this morning, and bid you farewell I leave you together, bonded hearts then to dwell All strength in your sharing, my love to remind Your redemption awaits, —salvation divine (Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2016)