I sometimes wonder if I heard
A new rustle in the trees
Would I be brave enough 
To open up my door and see

I wonder if I ever heard 
Its tread outside my place 
Would I be calm and ready
To meet it face to face 

I might sit still holding my breath 
This would be something new 
But it is all eventual 
It’s what we all go through 

If it looked at me and held 
Out its hoary palm 
I wonder if I’d have courage enough
To clasp it in my own 

If it stood to lead ahead
Waiting for my cue 
I wonder if I would follow it
Into the cosmic blue 

If indeed it came to me
While I was fast asleep 
I wonder if I would float away
On wings of final dreams

And so I hope that when I hear 
My name called to depart 
That in serenity and grace I walk 
The all-eternal path