Right after the funeral march, bagpipes, and drums,
We’ll stand before Peter, who adds up the sums
Of what we have not done and what we have done.
What will be his verdict, when Judgment Day comes?

Have we shown compassion or have we shown none?
Or done something hurtful that can’t be undone?
Have we done a kindness for one we don’t know?
Have we always tried to make sure that we won?

To someone in need of help, did we say, “No?”
Did we seek some pleasures we ought to forego?
Gave food to the hungry, clothed those without clothes?
And, which was more common? Saint Peter will know.

Were we wise in choosing our friends and our foes?
Do we think that we’ve earned a peaceful repose?
And, when all the mourners send us on our way,
Will we leave fond mem’ries or just decompose?

We all know that there will be a Judgment Day.
What will we have earned, travelling down life’s highway?
Will all those who knew us regret we’ve passed on?
Or whisper to themselves, “Thank God, that one’s gone?”