I Promise

While I can,

I will give you my all,

My attention.

My time.

My love.

I will do my best to teach you

How to be a good man...

Someone you can be proud of.

I will never leave you behind...

I will always come home...

But when my time comes,

As it inevitably will,

I still have one promise to keep.

I will find a bench in heaven.

Somewhere outside the Pearly Gates,

And I will watch...

I hope to see you watch your children grow.

I hope to see you smile, more than frown.

I hope to see you give good to the world,

And experience a love that never dies...

And when your time comes.

And we can be together again.

It will be I that comes to take your hand...

As I did when you were young...

And I will bring you with me once again...