from my father's papers

A Dream
by Thomas N Healy
Put your hand in mine
And come with me
Together let us stroll
Along life's path in time
With thoughts united
By the love we share
And faith arising from
Each other's soul
And let us taste the vision
Of our eyes
And savour life and living
To the full
Give homage to the maker
Of it all
The Winter Spring and Summer
And the Fall
Reflected in the nature
All around
An idyll of existence in our world
With joy o'erlying sadness
Grief and pain
Until we reach the stile
On heaven's path
Where we may cross together
And renew
The gift of vision
Leading gently on
To blest eternity

(Dated 3.30pm, 11th May, 1999)