Photo by Nancy Ellis

Wings that reign in the sky

Over the lake where I ride

On my bike while I muse

About my past and future, too

Reminding me of the force

That guides me in the course

Of living day by day

While loved ones pass away.

Where are they? I like to think

They’re up there where we believe

Heaven opens its pearly gates

And only divine love awaits

Where all is joy and rest

While we, down here, endure this test.

Truth is, no one knows for certain

What goes on behind the curtain,

But keeping faith, the darkness quells

Until the bell tolls its death knell.

For now, I bask in the peace

Of feeling wings inside of me.