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Life’s final Question

Derrick Fernie

/15/2020
Life’s final Question

As the clock strikes twelve
upon my fate, I dwell
is it Heaven or Hell!
This night so dreary
yet to it, I cling so dearly
eyes dim, yet I see clearly.

The silence of the night
broken by an owl’s flight
my words, upon the paper I write.
As I wait God’s shining light!

Derrick Fernie©

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Facing the end we reflect the final Judgement

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