You Needn't Have To Go

You Needn't Have To Go

You needn't have to go
And leave us all alone
This place was meant for you
This here our humble home

You could have stayed
Just a little longer
Our greatest adversities,
We were meant to conquer.

I would've done more for you
If what I've done is not enough
We were meant to win this battle
We were made of sterner stuff

Heaven calls, you say
But can heaven not wait?
You were not meant to go
There's so much of life ahead

'But I've run my course', you say
I've finished the race
There's nothing more to do
But to sing, 'Amazing grace'

We're not ready to part
So why must we say goodbye?
Why do you have to go? I asked,
I waited, but there was no reply

We were meant to share
Our days in its golden years
Twilight is still so far away
But now there's only unending tears

You left just too early
O why must it be so?
You're much wanted here
You needn't have to go


MT
2 September 2010

(Poem shared at the Watchnight Service at Glad Tidings Assembly, Klang)