Garden Gate

Today I passed your garden gate, It rattled to and fro. I don't remember it this way, The gate I used to know. Today I touched your garden gate, The crumbling wood and rust. How could I replace them now, Its pieces turned to dust? Today I breached your garden gate As I had done before. I wondered if you might be there, Tilling earth once more. Today I closed your garden gate Behind me once again. I walked along your garden path The way I did back then. Today beyond your garden gate Where I shall wait for now; They say you won't, but I just know, You must return somehow. Today beyond your garden gate Where I've shed many tears; They all expect to see me there, The place I've come for years. Today beyond your garden gate I felt you there somehow. Twas then I came, at last to peace. A place unknown till now. For just beyond your garden gate My destiny was cast. A place from where no man returns. I found you there at last.