Not now, but in the coming years,

It may be in the better land,

We’ll read the meaning of our tears,

And there, some time, we’ll understand

We’ll catch the broken threads again,

And finish what we here began;

Heaven will the mysteries explain,

And then, ah, then, we’ll understand.

God knows the way, He holds the key,

He guides us with unerring hand:

Some time with tearless eyes we’ll see;

Yes, there, up there, we’ll understand.

By Maxwell N. Cornelius