As True as God

A lamb's first steps by Peter Shanks from Lithgow, Australia Wikipedia

As True as God

I wish you peace

As true as God;

Joy to match

A young child's giggles

Of magical delight;

Friendship that endures past

Endings in time like

Ageless siblings at play

Or the vision of how innocence was;

You live in my memory

Until I see you again

And then

All of heaven 

Will be a luminous joy!

I knew you as

A gentle boy

Seeking truth;

I hold you

As one would hold

A star.

By Connie Nelson Ahlberg
Written October 28, 2012