To Have and To Hold

Today I sat down with my palms on my chin I thought and thought, all I could think Knowing very well life's conquering thick and thin But this reality could not keep me asleep even a wink! "Why do you keep all the good that I need?" I asked God "Child, what you think you need is beyond man's deed," He whispered so gently "What man can give, cannot last" "What I keep for you surpasses all past." His voice was still, soothing and reassuring Then my mind reeled and wheeled Like a tape of film, I saw the faces of them that I loved so All gone like mist Thinking of you, I sulked.......for someday you would be gone too But then I smiled courageously Knowing that when mine time comes I will eternally have you, to love and to hold!