What If He Appears Poem by Albert Boima

What if He appears
As the trumpet cheers
With a train of angels
When judgment labels;
Will you hear that saintly sound?
What will you be?
Mortal forever, or immortal eternally?
Where will you be?
At the bar, the club
Or in the Church?

What if He appears
The Son of Man
In heavenly adornment
With lightnings and all glory;
Will your life attract that call—
To stir you up unto Himself?
Will you fit to sing in the light's space?
Or are you sure to enter into that palace?

What if He appears
With all power unto Him
That upholds and withholds
The devils' ancestry;
Will you, if being dead, resurrect;
And if being alive, rapture?
Or, I see, you may have fallen short!

What if He appears
In His Royal Majesty
As the scriptures said
Of that certain day
Will He say "depart, I know ye not! ".
Are your ways right?
Will your soul cry or sing for joy?
Where will you stand?
On Hell's soil?
O' the faithful saints shall stand on Heaven's rock!