Mark J. Halliday Poet Lyric

Notes About The Poem

I was sitting in church this morning (4/8/2018), thinking how much I loved my wife.  The whole piece came to me almost intact.  As i was a service that members of the congregation could bear their testimony or thier witness in (what the LDS refer to as a Fast and Testimony mtg), I read the poem.  Slightly changed it while writing it here.

Towards a Hoped-For Destination

The old gal next to me
Doesn't move too fast anymore,
But she's always been beside me...
I can't imagine what for.

The old guy next to her
Doesn't move very fast either;
Would rather not be without her...
Walking slowly together.

We look the same direction;
Pushing, pulling each other forward,
Towards an unseen destination-
Towards a hoped-for destination.

If the Good Lord's willing,
We'll keep progressing together,
Hand-in-hand slowly traveling
Step-by-step forever.

We'll look the same direction;
Pushing, pulling each other forward,
Towards that unseen destination-
Towards that hoped-for destination.

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