It happened in a hospital…  in a bed off to my right, 

An old man said he was dying…  but said it would be alright.

He said he lived a really good life…  now heaven was in his sights,

He said seventeen years ago tonight…  the Good Lord took his wife…

She was a beautiful girl…  and for fifty years she was his world,

Then she became ill one day…  and now she’s in a better place, 

She said Jesus was her friend… and one night he ended her suffering,

He took her to heaven to walk with him…  and she was happy once again…  

That night I heard him pray:  

     “God, I don’t want to die alone,

     It’s been seventeen years, since you called her home,

     I’ve lived all those years without her,

     And I just can’t do it anymore…

     I’m a little scared and so I pray this prayer, 

     Please help me Lord and if she’s up there,

     Please send her down to take me home,

     God, I don’t want to die alone”…

Suddenly, someone opened the door…  who it could be, I wasn’t sure,

Then I saw a beautiful girl…  like someone from a different world,

She held his hand for awhile…  stood by his side and made him smile,

Then I heard a buzzing sound…  and a straight line told me he was gone…

The door opened up again…  and everyone came rushing in,

When I looked back toward the man…  that beautiful girl was gone, 

I don’t know who she was…  for sure,

But, I’m sure she took him home with her…

I went home the very next day…  and now I’ll never look at life the same,

I’ll hug my wife and talk with my kids…  and treat everyone like a friend, 

I learned alot from the old man that night… when God reunited him with his wife,                         

He taught me all we can ask for in the end …  is to have lived a really good life!