The End Approaches
The End Approaches
By
Jerry Wayne Humphrey
Another family member’s time approaches now
We who are left behind must find strength to carry on somehow
We can only gather around and wait for their life to end
There will be loved ones left behind with broken hearts to mend
We will miss them when they are gone away
We will miss their presence and the things they used to say
We will wish we had spent more time with them when they were here
We love them so and long to have them near
But the end of their time is coming fast
Soon they will be truly free at last
They will be free from this world of toil and strife
They will now move on to another life
Where they now are going its wonders we can’t comprehend
For them it is the beginning and not the end
We weep for ourselves who are still here in this world of misery and despair
They have finally graduated and move on but we are left, it hardly seems fair
But we must now wish them well and Godspeed
We still have work to do here on earth, much work indeed
Someday the time will come for us to go so we can only say
Let us hope those left will wish us well that day