Someday I'll Know

                               by:  Cora Eelman

                  They come and go, more quickly than
                           I'd really like, you know.
                     Sometimes I know their names,
                   But mostly, when I'd least expect,
                                      they go.
                      Sometimes they hug me tight,
                        silent, but so loving as I cry,
                                and I go on again,
                        strengthened when I thought
                                    I'd only die.
                     Sometimes they rush into my life,
                             bumping me, pushing,
                             and I see another way.
                          It's only when they're gone,
                    And the light from their fair lantern
                                    lingers on,
                      I wonder, where I would have been
                                       this day?
                     Are these chance meetings -- fate --
                                   or can it be
             These are the angels God as promised me?
               Are these friends -- or angels -- is it so?
                                Maybe not today,
                               Someday I'll know!