"... the days of hours...minutes,,,seconds...and then....darkness...light...streets of gold...the gates of heaven...the book of life... timelessness draws me on but for the kiss...the kiss...the kiss...the salty taste of tears touches my tongue again...drawing me back to here again...here again... I am here..."
The gates of heaven, as well as heaven itself - is within you. It isn't
in some future time, it is now.
"He's speaking about when the body no longer serves him, when he crosses over and when he finally goes home...."
I know exactly what he's "speaking" of, but I guarantee you that anyone waiting to get out of the body to get to "heaven" is going to be very disappointed. Heaven is here on earth, right at this moment in time - within the grasp of anyone willing to look for it. If you don't find it, you'll come back and look again - and keep doing that, until you do.