In midnight's stillness you came to me,

And I knew..

you were gone,

down time's quiet halls to Heaven's gates.

 

I saw your newly young and cocky face smiling at me.

Through my tears

I reached for you

one last time.

 

You whispered your loving acceptance,

promising to stand guardian,

'til your pajaro's ready to come home,

with you,

beyond time and sorrow.

 

All the loving spirits of my dead then came..

to remind this child's heart

that she is well and truly loved...

a precious gift of grace and joy.

 

The gathering of those who have gone ahead

lit the sterile dark with heaven's own light,

as my soul wept with the bittersweet pain

of love and longing.