
They say that you are gone
And you will not come again
But still I feel you surrounding me
Most especially in the deepening dark of night
When proximity to midnight draws back the veils
That separate our world from the spirit world
Then it is that I feel your soul
Surrounding me in love
Reminding me that heaven is not really above
But rather all around us here
And then I remember the time of year
When the ancestors came calling you home
On the night before they embarked
From the motherland
On the final night December 11
We helped you to stand
Although you were in great pain
There was a rabid wild anxiety
Flooding every cell
As you told us
I must get going
Did you hear them calling your name
Reminding you it was time to come home again?
Oh how hard it was to leave you that night
And I never saw you conscious again
The time had come for you to leave us
But if the world now tells me you are gone
I must say I don’t believe it
For as long as I am alive
You will live on
In my heart, in my memories and in the love
That longed for you and sometimes met you
And other times failed to
As all the greatest of loves
Experienced on this earthly plain
So often do
This is so beautiful Deborah. And I KNOW that sense if being calked Home. I almost died one night when I had cancer, and I heard the calling. But in the end, I came back here because unbeknown to me, there was work to do. My father died in 2001 and I felt the tearing of the veil as he went. So sad Deborah, but with great beauty in it too. Thankyou for opening your heart
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Aww so it was about my Mum’s last night and I felt she heard the calling but its interesting you heard it too.. I do believe you have important gifts to give the world through your story, through finding light in the deepest darkness and through the strength you found in the jaws of the most incredible spiritual and emotional hardship. We need you ❤ ❤
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Oh my goid ess Deborah. Thankyou so very much. And we need YOU too. Xoxo
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Bravo. A magnificent finale for this piece.
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Aww thank you 🙂
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So so beautiful Deborah. ❤
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Thanks so much Rayne 🙂
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