Calling, dear one, fret not
for the ship
Who has been sailing a long
while,
Battered by the winds of life
And the waves of trial,
mile after weary mile.
God knows the perfect time
and place
That my course is done,
On finishing all He wanted
He called for me to come, for
now my journey's run.
Celebrate my passage over
stormy seas,
For I have made it through,
I have loved and cared for many years
Weep for your loss, but be
happy for me too.
It may seem a winter long of
pain,
For me to slip into the
ground,
But spring has burst for me
Oh hear the angels sound,
heaven's where I'm bound.
My spirit now sails forever
free
Opened up in everlasting
love,
You will ache for my presence
But with wings of a
gull, I soar in the wonder above.
Turn around now..... and see
all the little ships
Waiting on the shore,
Love them out to the bay of
life
In memory of me, with all the
love that I lived for.