Beyond the grassy hill
and the tallest tree,
beyond the bluest sky
blowing over me,
beyond the flower petal
velvet to the touch,
beyond dawn's first wink
and dusk's final hush,
beyond the desert heat
and the chill of icy lands,
beyond the deepest sea
and each tiny grain of sand,
beyond the agony of pain
and senseless worry
that goes insane,
beyond our day dreams
and our truth,
beyond our wrinkles
and our youth,
beyond our fears
and scattered doubt,
beyond our will
to work it out,
beyond our call
to be and do,
and things shared
between me and you,
beyond battles lost and won
and everything that's been said and done,
beyond all words left unspoken
and all promises kept or broken,
beyond all things great and small
and those who gave their all,
beyond those things we know to be
of peace, love and tranquility,
beyond everything we've been taught
and all the wars that have been fought,
beyond all smells, sights and sounds
and all inches, pints and pounds,
beyond the beautiful, brave and bold
the timeless, ageless, young and old,
beyond disease, suffering and despair
and what's considered cruel and unfair,
beyond the storms that come our way
and the darkest of our days,
beyond the journey that we are on
and the road, however long,
beyond "what if" and "what could have been"
from the moment life begins,
beyond everything and every place
through God's mercy
by His grace,
we are promised there is more
beyond this life
and through death's door.