On Yonder Shore

I have but one life to live,

And it is to you my love, my life I give.

Though enter now the darkness

And pierce most brutal storm,

I shall give all of me unto you

For you are the reason, I was born.

So fear not the tempest

Nor of its encroaching tide,

For I will save thee

From the shadows

Which now walk by your side,

 I…I, in purest of love

Will with wholeness of heart …

Surrender my life that you may live.

So bring unto me,

The hurt…

The pain…

and disease.

For my love for you is pure

It is fresher than a new fallen snow.

And I without hesitation

am willing of my own life to forego.

So smile your tender smile

And toss back your golden hair.

Live…oh live, your life without care

For soon it will be time,

for this bartered spirit of mine

to sail on to yonder shore,

and it is there I will wait

by heavens gate,

For the coming in of a future time

 the only true love of mine.

J. Allen Wilson © 2004