REACHING OUT A HAND TO GOD

REACHING OUT A HAND TO GOD

I took it all for granted
In the days when I was young
Didn’t know I was on a ladder,
I’d be climbing rung by rung

Just lying there in a field of green,
looking up at a clear blue sky
Thinking time was a forever thing,
not knowing it would soon go by

Now I know I’m on life’s ladder
And fast approaching is the top
I can look back down upon the past
But climbing I can’t stop

Someday I’ll lie in a field again,
When I’ve reached the topmost rung
I’ll begin another path,
There to be forever young

Because that day my body will be resting
Beneath earth’s rich green sod
But my soul will be in that forever time,
Reaching out a hand to God

© 4/30/03
Monty