I imagine angels met you at the gates with a standing ovation
I imagine the well done’s acknowledging your faithful service came shortly after.
I imagine you causing uproars of laughter
I imagine heaven is exactly how you pictured
Perfect like every scripture
You read at the head of the dining room table
Daily
3:00PM
I imagine daily you still sitting there reading words of life that you would soon actualize
I imagine sometimes that your still alive
A selfish desire
I imagine you finally resting
I Imagine stories being told for generations of the hero you were
Superman to a Compton clan
And your Louis lane had a sultry voice
And this Louis name was Joyce
Victory came in your ability to conquer poverty
To conquer curses that wiped out black families generationally
I imagine that you had a conversation with God like Deuteronomy 33
Blessing and protecting every part of your legacy
I imagine days before your last breathe
On your last leg
You took heed to Jesus in Gethsemane
Where in Matthew 26:41 he said
To Watch and pray
And I am sure you did because your spirit was always strong even as your body withered away
I imagine that you Miss Your Baby and family
Yet heaven had an assigned seat for you and you always showed up on time
See there always is a time
A time to weep and a time to laugh,
A time to mourn and a time to dance
I imagine that we will be spending time doing it all
I Imagine how strong you had to be just to hold on. To carry yourself from sickbed to walker
You were a soldier by the definition
You embodied LOVE AND FAMILY IN EVERYTHING YOU DID
I was there for your last breathe
I watched it leave your lips
I still remember the sound
Holy Spirit told me it would happen
So I was prepared for this
And no one else was around
I Imagine your last breathe matched your first in heaven
That last exhale would accel you to excel into his excellence
I Imagine that when the world is struggling as a whole to breathe that you decided to selflessly
Be one less person taking up oxygen
That you went home to get it settled in for us.
That you pioneered past roads the world tried to lay out for you
I imagine that you have sown prayers that only Synai may manifest
That the earth quaked when the weight you carried shifted
I imagine you are preparing to drop your mantle
That we are your greatest treasure
That we will carry your name into spaces you never even Imagined
I Imagine that we will be in position when this all happens
In position to watch you be carried up
To Catch legacy you left
You didn’t leave us
You are just continuing to lead the way
My prayer is that we make you proud in your absence
And into eternity
Because I imagine that we will be there together