A Distant Song

Photograph by Katherine Micks

In memory of Mike Persson. A dear friend, servant of the Lord, lover of music, choralist, and champion of All That Is Good, True, and Noble in Preparation for Life in the Courts of Heaven. 

A Distant Song

Sing for me dear friends!

Sing me to heaven on wings

Of songs soft and low

That still all fears and

Whisper in hushed, holy

Strains about the wonders

Just around the bend.

Sing me to heaven on wings

Of songs that sweep in majesty

Over my soul and bear it

To heights where I get a glimpse

Of my soon-to-be home

That grows longingly in my breast

With each heart-beat.

Sing for me dear friends!

With courage and joy

Even as tears choke the love

That undergirds each note

And shared promises and grace

Infuse each strain echoing

Mysteriously in the halls of

Our mutual household of faith.

Residents of heaven unite!

Sing me home with

Bright notes of gold

And welcomed melodies

I thought I knew

That grow clearer and louder

And purer and Savior-led.

Sing for me dear friends

On earth and in heaven

So that I can move from

This world to the next

In unbroken pulse of

Music here measured and

There unbarred.

Hold your breath

With wondering eye

As my life-song comes

To the Grand Pause

And think of nothing

At that moment

Save that I am safe and securely

Held in the hand of the

Composer of all

And that at His down-beat

My song will go on with

Graceful landing on that

Next phrase in the

Song that never ends.

                                                                                     Nancy Gerst October 13, 2008

I wrote about Mike in a post yesterday also. View that  here.