The Next Time I See Your Face

The Last Time I Saw Your Face
I kissed you good-bye, knowing you could not return it
but in that moment I remembered every kiss before
and the joy each one placed in my heart

The Last Time I Saw Your Face
we were alone for the first time in days
no nurses, no family, no friends, no children or priests
just the two of us, like the day we met

The Last Time I Saw Your Face
I saw the light in your eyes,
the reflection of where you were headed
on Your first trip alone in over fifty years

The Last Time I Saw Your Face
I didn’t see what everyone else saw
the crumpled up little frail body
without an ounce of energy left
I saw You

The Last Time I Saw Your Face
I saw us dancing with your sister and her husband
on the dance floor the night I proposed
I saw your tears of joy as if it were just last night

The Last Time I Saw Your Face
I saw every conversation, every troubled night
I saw every time we lay holding each other
I saw each prayer, each answer, each relief

The Next Time I See Your Face
the door will be opening for me, calling my name
the Light will be in my eyes, shining through me
and my home and my heart will be one

© Rev. Paul V. Scholl