My Heaven

I think I’ve been to heaven

One night in my dreams

How beautiful and how happy it was

My hair blowing in the breeze.

When I visited it was twilight

A magical time of day

The sun was setting fast

So I thought it best to be on my way.

Where was I going?

Somehow I knew

So I started exploring

The whole place through.

My heaven had a horse barn

Grand and made of dark pretty wood

The design inside was intricate

Where I would put 100 horses if I could.

I was awed by this sight

Because I knew my father made it just for me

And as I continued on my journey

I marveled that he had built it with such skill and so beautifully.

Out back beneath the trees

I saw lights hanging low

They were lighting a dinner party

People sitting at long picnic tables below.

I walked toward them wondering who they were

And as I neared I could clearly see

That the huge gathering there

Was none other but my family.

They welcomed me with smiles

They had waited for me for so long

I was so happy and content among them

The love and the laughter I had searched for all along.

But suddenly I knew I had to leave

It wasn’t time for me to stay

And I awoke suddenly on earth

Hoping to return to my heaven one day.

And all the family and friends that I have lost

I know I will see them there another time

When I will join their dinner party under the trees

In the twilight so sublime.