I go with the wind......on a journey to the Light,

distant, shimmering, brilliant white.

Moving through darkness......lost and alone,

further and further into the unknown.

So afraid......I tremble and quail.

Bemoaning my fate, I whimper and wail.

And I'm falling, falling down, down into the nether.

I cry out......"Oh, God! Please God, hear my plea.

Please, God, save me!

Suddenly all fear is gone.......

There's the soft caress of a gentle breeze.

I am safe......my soul is at ease.

Music, sweet music...the sound of tinkling bells,

with hope, and joy, and with love, it swells.

A chorus of voices from everywhere......

To the glory of God the universe sings,

a song of angels, with feathered wings.

No longer am I alone.......

Beings of light surround me, protect me

and take me higher.

Guiding me through a wondrous space,

as to the Light we rise and spire.

Beholding bright unspoken truth,

My heart is filled with compassion and ruth.

Drifting through oceans of knowledge, unseen,

floating and learning, calm and serene.

It's time now to recall my life......

to remember the joy and remember the strife.

I was afraid not to be happy.

I sang and I danced to hide my pain.

I girdled myself with the heavy chain

that the lust for wealth and material things,

and the love of money always brings.

But now I see and I understand......

My life was always mine to command.

The wisdom of "All That Is" is mine

and so my life is for me to define.

I empathize now......as I couldn't before.

Petty wrongs I choose to ignore.

For, always, I was kind, with a gentle, loving heart.

I gave of myself to others and always did my part.

Now I put all this behind me......It was only for me to see.

I lived, I loved and I learned.

That's why life was given to me.

Bathed in my own forgiveness......

washed clean, and filled with love,

I soar now through the heavens

to the beautiful Light above.

And the Light asks......

"Beloved child, will you come unto me?"

Then my heart knows the essence of "yes"......

a wonderful, thrilling, peacefulness,

I know not how to express.

In the Light......is a part of me I left so long ago.

It has been here waiting for me, while I lived a life below.

I am happy......

and with a sigh of ecstasy

I give unto The Light the all of me.

Now I am and shall ever be

with the Light,

distant, shimmering, brilliant white.

by:      Joan Kirk 1977