This Company

It looks as though
My time on this earth
Is coming to an end

How many days are left?

How many days of song
And of light and shadow?

It has been
A good company
That I have walked with

Strong hearts, brave faces
And true words

Some striking out at the darkness
Some passing through it

Some standing
Others falling on the Way

Now, I never thought
That I would stumble

But you see me
Staggering
By the stone gates

Friend, when you find me there
Won't you please
Stop a moment

And gently place a cool cloth
Across my brow

Before you pass me by?