THE TEXT OF THE POEM FOLLOWS:
If tomorrow starts without me, and I'm not
there to see,
If the sun should rise and find your eyes all
filled with tears for me;
I wish so much you wouldn't cry the way you
did today,
While
thinking of the many things we didn't get to say.
I know how much you care for me, and how much
I care for you,
and each time that you think of me I know
you'll miss me too;
But when tomorrow starts without me, please
try to understand,
that an angel came and called my name and
took me by the hand,
and said my place was ready in heaven far
above,
and that
I'd have to leave behind all those I dearly love.
But as I turned to walk away, a tear fell
from my eye,
for all
life, I'd always thought I didn't want to die.
I had so much to live for and so much yet to
do,
it seemed
almost impossible that I was leaving you.
I thought
of all the love we shared and all the fun we had.
If I could relive yesterday, I thought, just
for a while,
I'd say
goodbye and hug you and maybe see you smile.
But then I fully realised that this could
never be,
for
emptiness and memories would take the place of me.
And when I thought of worldly things that I'd
miss; come tomorrow,
I thought
of you, and when I did, my heart was filled with sorrow.
But when
I walked through Heaven's gates, I felt so much at home.
When God looked down and smiled at me, from
His great golden throne,
He said, "This is eternity and all I've
promised you,
Today
your life on earth is past but here it starts anew.
I promise no tomorrow, but today will always
last,
and since
each day's the same, there's no longing for the past.
But you
have been so faithful, so trusting, so true.
Though
there were times you did some things you knew you shouldn't do.
And you
have been forgiven and now at last you're free.
So won't
you come and take my hand and share my life with me?"
So if tomorrow starts without me, don't think
we're far apart,
for every
time you think of me, please know I'm in your heart.
David Romano
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