WHEN THE DAY OF TOMORROW

When the day of tomorrow begins without me

I won’t be there to see

The sun and the tears in your eyes

Because you mourn for me.

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I wished so much you didn’t weep

As you did today

Thinking of the sorrows

For which we didn’t pray.

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When the day of tomorrow begins without me

Resign to it that an angel came

Took me by the hand

And called my name

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And told me that my place up there

Was ready for me.

I was to say farewell

To all those who were dear to me.

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This I felt so hard to do.

I couldn’t stop me crying

Because during my whole life

I was afraid of dying.

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From life I still expected plenty,

So much still I had to do.

It didn’t seem fair

I had to go leaving you.

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I thought of all the things gone by,

The good and bad days,

The joys and sorrows we shared

And the love that helped us on our ways.

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Oh, if only I could relive  the day of yesterday

And see your smiling face again,

Maybe only for a moment,

To soften our parting pain.

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But alas, I know all too well

This cannot be.

Memories and regrets

Will take the place of me.

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But then, as I walked through the gate

Into time’s infinity

I felt so suddenly at home

In God’s eternity.

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Here no begin and no end,

No yester and no morrow.

Life on earth is past.

Here no place for sorrow.

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So when the day of tomorrow begins without me

Don’t grieve too much for me to part

Because each time you think of me

I will be there, right in your heart.

David Romano, GKC 2024