If tomorrow starts without me, and I'm not here to see, <br />if the sun should rise to find your eyes are filled with tears for me; <br />I hope you will not cry the way you might that day, <br />thinking of the many things we didn't get to say. <br />I know how much you love me and you know that I love you, <br />and each time that you'd think of me, please know I'd miss you too; <br /> <br />If tomorrow starts without me, please try to understand, <br />that an angel came and called my name, and took me by the hand. <br />The angel said my place was ready, in heaven far above, <br />and that I'd have to leave behind all those I dearly love. <br />But as I turned to walk away, a tear fell from my eye <br />for all my life, I'd always thought, that I would never die. <br />I have so much to live for, so much left yet to do, <br />it seems almost impossible, that I'd be leaving you. <br /> <br />I thought of all the yesterdays, the good ones and the bad, <br />the thought of all the love we shared, and all the fun we had. <br />But then I walked through heaven's gates, and felt so much at home. <br />When God looked down and smiled at me, from His great golden throne, <br />He said, 'This is eternity, and all I've promised you, <br />today your life on earth is past, but here life starts anew. <br />I promise no tomorrow, but today will always last, <br />and since each day's the same way there's no longing for the past. <br />You have been so faithful, so trusting and so true. <br />though there were times you did some things you knew you shouldn't do. <br />But you have been forgiven and now at last you're free. <br />So won't you come and take my hand and live in peace with me? ' <br /> <br />So if tomorrow starts without me, don't think we're far apart, <br />for every time you think of me, I'll be there in your heart.<br /><br />natasha hughes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-tomorrow-starts-without-me/
