Let Him Take You Away

(Written in 2001and edited in 2006. In honor of my late great uncle, Ulysses Grant Henderson, Jr.)

When I was a boy, a trip to your place
Always brought me great joy
And cracked a smile on my bright-eyed, puppy face.
When you left me, I couldn't comprehend why...why you had died.
You left this world too soon for me, and therefore, I cried,
And so I began my long, personal journey
To a far away land for the answers to my inquiry,
For angels to reply to my prayers.
And so they spoke, and it is answered by them
That my uncle had to leave this realm of the living to ascend His sky
Because his duties here Earth were finished..

My uncle, oh thank God, you've found the way to eternal peace,
The path to Shangri-La, the road to Divine Grace,
And whilst you are commuting to his table to drink His wine,
All your pain exits your body, and you begin living The Enchanted Life.
Oh, how I do miss you. That I cannot help,
But this I do know for certain now:
The Holy Spirit carried you away, and soon,
We will meet again in God's Glorious Kingdom
As angels in the midst of His presence.
Dying is so sad, but I take solace in knowing
That we'll all live in eternity in due time.
Because you've left my world, I have been crying,
But now I know your pain is gone.

Look! His arms are open to you, dear uncle,
Go know His strength. Go know His truth.
Reach for the Divine Lights, dear uncle,
Let Him take you away.
Don't stay here for me. Look who awaits you.
It is your childhood anew, the clamoring with siblings.
It is the love of your parents.
It is the playful nature of your two sons horsing around.
You're home. Eternity has warmly embraced you.
Go. Go. Go be with Him. Don't hesitate for my sake.
This is your time, the time of your life.
Your life has now, at last, truly begun.
Let Him take you away.