Sammy's Writings
My Parkinson's (Page 3)
Harvey Jordan Poole
November 9, 1903 – April 26, 1999
Dad was in Heaven, come dawn’s early light,
The battle was over, and Christ was in sight;
The angel of mercy came to his room,
Swept him away from the dark den of gloom.
Away through the cosmos, beyond time’s dim eye,
He and the angel sailed straight to the sky;
God sent an angel to open the gate,
And ushered Dad in; he would not need to wait.
He heard the hosannas, and Heavenly choir,
God’s face, sun-bright, radiant like fire;
Ransomed ones gathered to welcome him in,
Redeemed by the blood, saved from all sin.
He fell at the feet of the Lamb who had bought him,
And glorified God, that His Spirit had sought him;
Gone were the anguish, sorrow and tears,
God wiped them away; gone, too, were his fears.
His family, though saddened that he had to part,
Are glad, nonetheless, that he lives on in our heart;
Someday, by grace, we will join him again,
And join the glad praises of God: Amen!
