ETERNITY

The Final New Soul

If souls are separate entities
Which populate a heavenly sphere
And merely fill an empty shell
On Earth for maybe four score year
Where else is there for them to stay
(To wait upon this tedious chore)
Than in some heavenly holding bay,
Some place to rest, some distant shore?

 

 
If we allow this to be true 
(And who's to say not - me or you?)
Then time will surely one day come 
When life depletes the finite sum
And there will be a final soul
Which prepares itself for duty
And we can only contemplate
That wondrous thing of beauty

 

 


 


  
From The ETERNAL Question
 


 
Blame Me



Through time's eternal light I see
An unborn soul in dormancy
Which pays no dues to appetite
Nor reaches fingers to the light
But waits and bides, just bides and waits,
And holds aloof from loves or hates

Blame me for my impatient hand,
Blame me - I did not understand
The rarity of this precious thing 
As I gave voice and made it sing
Once sung the bird's song loses allure
And never again sounds quite so pure

Blame me for spending Life's last coin
Which through the light I did purloin
And wasted with such ignorance
In one great, futile, glorious dance
It ill-becomes me to complain
For all the world will feel the pain
But I am just as sorely tried,
My turquoise eyes as surely cried
And I can never regain my pride
But blame me if you must deride

Take heart, take consolation do,
From knowing I'm no better than you
Much worse because I knew, you see,
That none would follow after she
The last soul now has taken wing
And to the Earth much joy shall bring
But now through her mere mortal birth
Her light will only shine on Earth
But not for me, oh not for me,
Who must go on Eternally

                                           
 
EVERLASTING LIGHT



Though body is exhausted here
And craves a rest from mortal fight
I yet bequeath that part of me
Which shines an everlasting light
To you who bravely carry on
And hide the rage behind your tears
No matter how it might seem now,
My light will guide you through he fears

For you shall never be alone,
Not even in your darkest hour
As you have always trusted me,
Trust now in this immortal power
I shall live on in you my love,
Your sweet breath fans the light of me
And I shall keep the faith with you
In every joyful memory

But in return I beg of you 
Do not concede to mournful thought
Your life, still precious, must go on
Or all my efforts come to naught