'Till That Day I Return To Earth

Thoughts

'Till That Day I Return To Earth

Written By Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

Copyright © 2016 Marvin Thomas Cox

DBA: Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

All Rights Reserved

No matter the course or length of my journey,

no matter the effort set forth to living rightly,

enjoying pleasures that paste to face a smile,

no matter the pain suffered in a life beguiled,

happily I leave this place strapped to gurney,

for such trek shall never find itself complete,

oblivious to galaxies distant in endless time,

wandering worlds light years from my home,

as an alien exploring alien worlds unknown,

a guest uninvited arriving less than discrete ...

Do you wish to know the stark reality of it all!

The dreams of men are but vaporous thought,

electrical expressions of our own discontent,

in wishing, wanting, for that something more,

turning knobs on each and every single door,

to never comprehend that it is all for naught!

Death shall swallow my life like a black hole

 -- all that I have endeavored to be shall cease,

(dreams and aspirations coming to their end) --

as the grave opens its mouth to coldly extend

an offer of rest assimilation of soul¹ to cajole,

and all I have been from my moment of birth

grinds to a halt in a final breath of my death,

to leave me hope that eternal life just might

be found within loved one's tear stained sight

of memories treasured that will not be birthed,

in eternal night, 'till that day I return to earth …

The foolishness of men seeking after the stars!

We are clueless to the stars that lie among us,

until they are gone and we see them no more.

Eternal life does not lie just beyond the grave.

It resides in a heart's resolve to never forget.

It flourishes in quiet pools of fond memories,

of loved ones who'll always be remembered ...

(Written July 19^th, 2016)

1Soul �" Literally: To be a living, breathing, being. Thus, to lose one's soul is to lose one's life and cease to exist among the living … https://adventistbiblicalresearch.org/materials/theology-state-dead/meaning-word-soul-bible