It was Lucas told me
That Margaret was in heaven
I smiled at my son to hear this news
What do we tell our children?
About where old folks go
They have to go somewhere
Has to make sense you know
And I remember
Hearing Michael at the funeral
How he spoke of heaven
And hoped it so
And honestly recorded
How he wasn’t really sure
But if it’s true
Then his mum would be
Telling God what to do
And this is the way God wants it
Heaven is not here below
Here is human freedom
And a journey we must go
And we must learn commitment
Put our faith in good
And hope for ‘ever after’
And learn the power of love
So Lucas and his grandma
Will meet one day for sure
Until they do we journey on
We grow and we endure
And God is a God of the living
Don’t ever that forget
And the day we get to heaven
Hello – have you two met?
Brian Fahy
14 January 2022
Erris Poetry 