My precious Daddy doesn’t have long as I pen these words …
DAYBREAK
Chorus
Very soon I’ll see You
Face to face we’ll be
Your love will then embrace me
Your pure expression I’ll see
I’ll be able to touch You
Look into Your beautiful eyes
Then finally the longing will leave
From this heart that often cries
.
Oh! The sun is shining
It rose so perfectly
Grey clouds no longer lingering
As the storms of life depart
This daybreak has been waiting
For earth’s final breath to cease
And all creation stands and sings
As two eternal lives, they meet
.
Very soon I’ll see You
Face to face we’ll be
Your love will then embrace me
Your pure expression I’ll see
.
The palette, so sublime
Red, orange, golden rays
On such a glorious morning
The birds begin joyful tune
Petals, they stare lovingly
Toward the Giver of life
Before the hustle and bustle
I venture from darkness to light
.
I’ll be able to touch You
Look into Your beautiful eyes
Then finally the longing will leave
From this heart that often cries
.
One day we’ll meet again
No pain, no tears, no fear
Across the vast ocean of time
We’ll hold hands and see the King
That hollow within our hearts
Forever sealed with His word
Will be filled to overflowing
Brand new, in love, bound with His praise
.
Chorus
Very soon I’ll see You
Face to face we’ll be
Your love will then embrace me
Your pure expression I’ll see
I’ll be able to touch You
Look into Your beautiful eyes
Then finally the longing will leave
From this heart that often cries
.
SILENT WORDS
I have no more words to say
So, I just sit and hold your hand
Listen to your breathing
And hope you understand
.
How much I’ve always loved you
And as I feel your touch, so soft
Yet lifeless in response
Memory reels soon waft
.
And they’re just a gentle sense
I cannot grasp each emotion
Joy, tears, trials, blessings
Love through generation
.
And entwined within each grasp
Our tapestry hangs in life’s show
From babe till seated here
Each memory does flow
.
Each stitch illuminated
Separate; but so sweetly joined
Interlaced with God’s grace
Only just now revealed
.
And I know this connection
Will blossom for eternity
Once we walked changing paths
Now praise God, we are three
.
REMINISCING
Each breath, a gift from God
Inhales as time is gently fading
Exhales soft mist into creation
A forest cries out in jubilation
.
Longing eyes readjust
As clarity laps near my presence
The edge of youth, till old age frail lack
In the distance, silver essence turns black
.
And the forest young dance
And sing and frolic with bounding glee
Till life happens and energy dims
Echoes of beauty suppress aging limbs
.
What is this thing called life
We watch as our loved ones sadly leave
Waiting for that surreal last breath
Mourning, rejoicing with those who are left
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FAREWELL SONG
I see a white swan
Gracefully spreading its wings
Leaving the confines of earth
Heading heavenwards as it sings
.
The beauty of flight
Embracing the flow of love
All cares, sorrows left behind
It points north to Father above
.
As the pure feathers
Rise further through falling snow
Time stands still, and then salutes
Faces recognized fade below
.
And only this swan
Can know its impression left
Melodies now lost in time
Upon beating hearts left bereft
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© 2023 Liana Wendy Howarth
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