We left this world
As we came
You were the first
And we both felt pain
As I carried you to God
I knew the clock began
In the time to be born
It was to you I ran
It took nine months
For my life to start
And nine more
To rejoin my heart
As I existed
Within you and without
I felt your presence
There was never any doubt
It was our destiny
To always be near
There would be no separation
This much was clear
They did not want me to die mother
But it had to be
Things were never clear
I was unable to see
Into the depths of suffering
I sank until there was no light
Then God’s hand reached out to me
And created day from night
The door of pain beckoned
And I entered without fear
Though I knew those left behind
Would shed another tear
It is who we are mother
The young ones in their memory
It is how we must live
And how we will be remembered by history
It seemed a cruel fate
But for what did we pray?
Eternal life in heaven
And that is God’s way
Do not weep for us
We are together in this place
We quietly wait for the day
For our family to join us in God’s grace