To me it seems that the narrator is mourning the loss of their family (perhaps killed by an accident, or some other tragedy) but for some reason they survived.
Now the narrator is pleading with God to reunite them with their family in Heaven (or Hell).
However at the end let's God know that they won't let the grief defeat them, and won't go into death willingly ("When death comes I won't go quiet").
To me it seems that the narrator is mourning the loss of their family (perhaps killed by an accident, or some other tragedy) but for some reason they survived.
Now the narrator is pleading with God to reunite them with their family in Heaven (or Hell).
However at the end let's God know that they won't let the grief defeat them, and won't go into death willingly ("When death comes I won't go quiet").