It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 4 years since I wrote this in my father’s hospital room. I reflect now on the grace of God as he carried us all through this transition. If you want to read more about our families journey. My blog that I created back then is still live. walkingthemhome.com
We are waiting at the station with Dad,
metaphorically of course.
We can hear the whistle of the train.
We don’t know how far away it is.
But eventually it will arrive.
He has no baggage.
No one does at this station
but he knows the Engineer.
His body, weak and weary from the journey…
but this will be the last for him.
A rendezvous with bliss.
He has no appetite for the food here.
He speaks in mumbled whispers and sings short lingering tones.
And we are waiting by the station.
Even as the days pass, the exits are closed
He’s entered a place where only boarding passengers can be… to wait
But I see him through distant glassy eyes.
I know he’s in there.
Waiting, hoping, weeping, silently
until the tickets are torn and He waves to us and sallies forth into the great glass, darkly…
face to Face.
This work by Matt Tullos is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Beautiful. Heartfelt. A beautiful description of saying goodbye to someone who knows the Engineer. I’ve been to that station for both of my parents too. Sad but not overwhelming so, the sting of them being gone is no more, but I still look forward to seeing them again. No more disappointment. Beautiful words.
Thank you Jerry