Catch My Tear

Following, eyes upon you, Lord,
a tear unseen   
drops before Eternity –
worth departing’s
hundred-fold reward  [i]  
 
Lean down to gather, Lord 
my token
in your bottle  [ii]  
its safety – consolation
till the last page is turned   [iii]  
 
(2010s) 
 

[i]   Matthew 19:29,  Jesus says  –  “And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life.”

[ii]   Psalm 56: 9  –  “My wanderings you have noted; are my tears not stored in your flask, recorded in your book? ”

[iii]   Revelation 3:5  –   “The victor will thus be dressed in white, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name in the presence of my Father and of his angels.”