The Keys to Heaven

There is a fairer land, greater above
A country of which the law is love
Untouched both by sorrow and pain
Unmarked by either blemish or stain

The portals to which are open wide
To enter in, your heart must decide
Heed your deepest needs within
For love and longing, buried in

Batter down the walls you built
Unchain yourself from selfsaid guilt
Of hope deferred, day by day
Dreams unfulfilled, you did delay

Drink of heaven's wine sweet flow
Forgive yourself that you may know
The secret sins you once did bear
Are long forgot, and dead lie there

Honour love for those you love
Hold them sacred above all above
Never lose faith in who you are
Shine forth with the myriad as a star

Sing with the angels, at dawn of day
Dance with the wind, the freedom way
Close your eyes, feel love's embrace
Of God who holds you in His grace

To love and be loved, calls deep to deep
Forever blessed, blessed to keep
Yet vast expanse of sky and sea
Contain not the infinite, hallowed be

The heart towards her home does tend
Of love and loving, love has no end
Onwards upwards, wends the soul
Eternity beckons, the heavenward goal

Open your ears and hear the sweet strain
Of music that calls from a higher plain
Only the blessed unto this awake
The love-song, for whom love did make