Mervyn Johnson

Sunrise

October 29th, 1946

Trinidad

Sunset

January 4th, 2012

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Miss Me, But Let Me Go

When I come to the end of the road

And the sun has set for me,

I want no rites in a gloom-filled room.

Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little, but not too long,

and not with your head bowed low.

Remember the love that we once shared.

Miss me, but let me go.

This is a journey that we all must take,

And each must go alone.

It’s all a part of the Master’s Plan.

It’s a step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick of heart,

Go to the friends we know,

And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds.

Miss me, But let me Go!

FOOTPRINTS

One night a man had a dream. In it he was

walking along a beach with the Lord.

Across the sky flashed scenes from his life.

For each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,

one belonging to him, and the other to the Lord.

When the final scene of his life flashed before him,

he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He

noticed many times along the path of his life there

was only one set of footprints, and realized that they came at

the hardest and saddest times of his life.

Bothered about this, he questioned the Lord,

saying, "Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,

you'd walk with me all the way.

But I have noticed that during the most burdensome times in my life,

there is only one set of footprints.

I don't understand why ,

when I needed you the most you would leave me."

The Lord replied, "My dear child, I love you and

I would never leave you.

During the times of trial and suffering,

when you see only one set of footprints,

it was then that I carried you."