end of time

When you see a drop of water
just about to fall
from a leaf do you think

It was put there just for
you?
(Of all mankind
the only witness
to this moment?)

Everywhere
I see joy-shaped halves
that fit the mysterious need for Him
in my heart

There are depths so deep
and heights so high
pain so sharp
and love so real

Who but God
could hold the world and all within it?
Let the darkness come
I am not afraid
anymore

When I think of you
(all of you)
born in this time with me
brought
to some same
place
through circumstances
too unlikely to grasp
where our lives have
touched I think

You were put here just for me

Everywhere
I see joy-shaped halves
that fit the mysterious need for Him
in my heart

And it makes me want to
walk with you a while
in this time
made for us before all time
before
the end

before the
end of time


by Maggie Rayner