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 ~~ Heavenly Poetry ~~ By: Judith Johnson Kypta

"Too Soon!"




TOO SOON!

BRIGHT BEAMS OF LIGHT ARE FLOODING THE PATH
AS MY JOURNEY THROUGH THIS TUNNEL COMMENCES
A KALEIDOSCOPE OF COLORS FLASHING AROUND
I'M FINDING IT HARD TO KEEP MY SENSES

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING
I WAS LYING ON  MY HOSPITAL BED
NEXT ... I FOUND I WAS FLOATING
WITH MY BODY BELOW, SEEMING DEAD!

NOW...AS I TRAVEL THROUGH THIS TUNNEL
I SEE A LOVED ONE ... STANDING HERE AND THERE
THEN A HEAVENLY BEING IS TAKING  MY HAND
TELLING ME ... I HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR

AS WE DREW TOWARD THE END OF THE TUNNEL
FROM WHENCE THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT SHONE
ALL AT ONCE WE WERE UPON IT
AND THERE SAT "GOD" ON HIS THRONE

WHAT A SPECTACULAR VISION
FOR MY AMAZED EYES TO BEHOLD
THERE WAS AN EMERALD RAINBOW BEHIND HIM
AND ALL ELSE WAS OF GEMS AND GOLD

HIS EYES PEERED STRAIGHT INTO MINE
LIKE BRIGHT COALS THAT ETERNALLY BURN
THEN SAYING TO ME IN A GENTLE VOICE
"IT'S TO SOON ... YOU MUST RETURN"

I FOUND MYSELF COMPLETELY SPEECHLESS
BEING AWESTRUCK TO SAY THE LEAST
HE SAID I WOULD RETURN ONE DAY
TO PARTAKE IN THE MARRIAGE FEAST

SUDDENLY I FELT A STRONG DRAFT
AND MY DESCENDING ... WAS EVER SO SWIFT
LIKE BEING BROUGHT DOWN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT
WHILE MY THOUGHTS, I TRIED TO SIFT

I FOUND MYSELF FLOATING FROM THE CEILING
BACK ONTO THE HOSPITAL BED
MY EYES FLUTTERED AS I MOVED MY BODY
THE DOCTORS KNEW THEN ... I WASN'T DEAD

AND TO THEIR UTTER ASTONISHMENT
THEY KNEW A MIRACLE HAD OCCURRED
ME, I WAS PIECING THINGS TOGETHER
BUT EVERYTHING SEEMED A BIG BLUR

LATER AFTER FIGURING WHAT HAD HAPPENED
I BEGAN LOOKING AT LIFE, A DIFFERENT WAY
NOW, AFTERLIFE IS SOMETHING I CAN COUNT ON
WHILE LIVING AS GOD MEANT ME TO ... EACH DAY

COPYRIGHT 1998 JUDITH JOHNSON KYPTA















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