It has been two years since March 1st and they need it for his headstone. I was up til 5 AM, coming up with very little.
Things to consider:
- he was an auto upholsterer
- an addict
- a father
- the baby brother
- my uncle
- he lived a rough life
- had a rough father
- he loved nascar
- he meant well
- was "backwards" and "converted"
- his last trip was to the ocean
- they played "Untitled Hymn (Come to Jesus)" at his funeral
- he would have preferred HANK or CASH
No suggestions - just words as i meandered through his memory:
Peace flew from these earthen hands
Washing up on Heaven's sands
I found it in Eternity
My pain erased, my soul set free
&
One Day, Heaven to Earth did bend
"My child, the Throne we need you mend"
So needle in hand, from Earth he did fly
to stuff God's chair with clouds from the sky
&
Father, Son, Youngest Brother
took our kisses up to mother
Other People's Words:
"He ain't heavy, he's our brother"
"Mourn not the cocoon, the butterfly has flown"
"Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot mend"
"Now cracks a noble heart. Good Night, sweet prince ! And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest"
" Our family chain has been broken, nothing seems the same. But as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again"
"Even the man in the moon is crying..."
"Mamma, I'm coming home"