Dark Passage

Whose arms will cradle me tenderly When from this domain Death bids me pass? Whose heaven becomes eternal hell As I'm laid beneath the grass? Whose lips will quiver and call my name, With endless tears streaming down his face? Whose arms will reach out in deep despair, Begging just one more embrace? Whose trembling hands will be joined in prayer Seeking comfort from the Lord above? Who will promise never to forget Our vows of eternal love? Who then shall write the final tribute That I'll carry through eternity - - A poem suffused with anguish, perhaps, Vowing endless love for me? Who will stand by my grave in Autumn When the drying flowers give up their seeds? Will I be draped in roses and ferns...... Or under a pall of weeds! Whose light will diminish the darkness In my passage to Eternity? If such love is never to be mine, Who'll care when I cease to be!