THE JOURNEY

Summarizing our own mortality while we grieve for our loved ones, at times
 we comfort those who have lost theirs, but have to contend 
with the fact that we might leave others to grieve for us when our days on earth are done.

THE JOURNEY
by Tony Fernandes

When the final summons

Beckons at my door

To leave for another shore

I know it’s God’s call I can’t ignore.

It will be my life’s journey’s end,

Sudden and abrupt

Unannounced and undecided

I will have to leave in haste.

This departure I cannot

Adjourn, defer or halt

No luggage to cart

No time to prepare

Or say good-bye

Before I acknowledge

My final roll call.

Today I lament for loved ones

That I have lost long ago

But in turn will have to obey God’s command

When I have served my tenure and

And my time on earth is done.

Let me therefore do good,

Pardon my friend or foe

For it may be too late to do so

When God knocks on my door

And I am unable to look back

I have got to go.

When I am gone

My friends and family

May in turn

Grieve in pain and sorrow

And remorse so deep

So help me God to be good to others today

In what ever  I do or say

So that I may be remembered

when the chapel bells toll tomorrow.

From up above I will only silently see

Unable to communicate or respond

Direct , guide or tell

But perhaps I could only wish

And hope there is at least one good thing

That I will be remembered by

If at all.

Poem by

Tony Fernandes