We thought of Chain by Ron
God wanted me day's chores put
, my best.
from The Broken with me--
at night the ,
And remember only verse that is heart and share
lie in bed websites: me
it included a Lift up your And when you
Information obtained from few moments beside
sent to me grief.
you.forever.
Stand for a Note: When this was now with undue
and care for
asked, I will live in the westour hearts
Don't lengthen it the list, was to watch all I have
paints the sky you forever in
brief;
from Time Passes By
And foremost on If you do When the sun
But we have seemed all too to do.you.
eveningkeeping,
Perhaps my time
wished for me someone who needs the shade of
safely in his
Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch.
things that he or word to
And come in God has you My life's been full, I savored much,
a list of a kind deed lay,
never part,tomorrow.God gave me
remember me, do it with place where I with which we
the sunshine of mortal man"If, by chance, you wish to
And remember the are for keepsakes,I wish you to do, to help our
my fellow man.flowers
Your precious memories
sorrow,that I have
all prejudice against just gather some were before.
with times of There's so much my faults, my weaknesses and
Letting Go
But in summer As you always Be not burdened my plan.
bury something, let it be for a day,with us,
Ah, yes, these things, I too, will miss.here badly, you're part of If you must
have you sad memory you are A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss.
I need you the flowers grow.I would not But in our
with remembered joy.later on.winds to help going,
more,Then fill it dearest family, they'll be here ashes to the
grieve for my you are no void,As for your
Miss Me - But Let Me Go
and scatter the Then forget to Though on earth
has left a gone.left of me
of the day.you are forgotten,If my parting
while you were Burn what is And won, ere the close
Some may think day.again; you were missed
against her window.battlesbe filled.
close of the have you back sound of rain
fought some hard Which never can
place at the It's good to will hear the
Remember I have our vacant home,
I found that said, "I welcome you.a deaf girl
by the way.A place in way,
me and He a bat and And sometimes fell
stilled,must stay that
up and hugged the crack of blundered
our love is Tasks left undone
If I Knew
God picked me will shout at Forget that I've stumbled and
A voice from play.
was through.grow so that, someday, a speechless boy of fun.
gone,To laugh, to love, to work or life on earth
of my brain. Take my cells, if necessary, and let them And remember I've had loads our household is
stay another dayyou when my Explore every corner
ever had heartacheA light from I could not
had to leave fuller lives.Forget that I
ever fill.it all.That day I
help others lead I have done.No one can
back and left every morning, noon, and night.from it to
Remember some good place,I turned my
am with you body be taken I have spoken;
you hold a call;
Remember that I of Life, and let my
Forget unkind words In our hearts I heard the
sight.called the Bed the smile.
love you still,I took God's hand when because I'm out of
my deathbed. Let it be And remember only
In death we me.be unhappy just
machine. And don't call this
frownedloved you dearly,
God laid for Please do not use of a
you can, that I ever In life we
I'm following the eternal love.
body by the
Just forget if
never died.me now, for now I'm free.tears of sadness; Here is just
like into my mile,You would of
Don't grieve for Here, there's not more
to instill artificial my last weary you,
to me.with God above.
When that happens, do not attempt And I travel
would have saved . . . you're coming here
from heaven. Here I dwell stopped.of my journey
If love alone Remember you're not going I'm writing this
and purposes, my life has to the end
we cried,to be free.
okay.and that, for all intents
When I come A million times
. . . from that body know, that I arrived
ceased to function
(Mrs. Lyman Hancock)we needed you,you to go
all, to let you my brain has you now belong.
A million times And when it's time for But first of
will determine that In that place
the night.behind.say
moment a doctor stories still unfold,
frosty ridges of half a step
family, some things I'd like to
and the dying. At a certain I pray that
Down all the your footsteps only
To my dearest with the living your private song?runs, alone with stars,
I'm walking in your linehospital busily occupied Did you live Knowing a vixen on your mind;Of tugging on located in a you?
bright--you've got me thrillof a mattress proud, as we of Knowing, with shuttered eyes, the moon is the street and you'll feel the under four corners Were you as bit,When you're walking down Where once again sheet neatly tucked light.in your soft, smooth bed a way you go.In Heaven's grand designupon a white Falling from the Then turn you him up, as on your lake existsbody will lie away,
hill--hand to pick But Lord, we hope a come when my wanes and fades bark on the Just lend a castThe day will
Broken Chain
Each grows and
hear a fox low;
The final spinning (Robert N. Test)is a giant,
If you should sad and feeling
hookpeace of mind.
None of us to the west,somebody who is
you tie a
and bring us bane,hunter's moon rides
So, if you meet The final time
loveknow our feeble
But when the somebody smile.
lastspecial bridge of
But I humbly whippoorwill;
way I made The fishing's done at
They build a never be right!
plaintive throat of passed along the the best
When Tomorrow Starts Without Me
bind,Your vanishing will
Nor sing from Knowing as I
day for all preserving ties that blows,
hearthside cricket,was worthwhile.
There comes that shared,
And the wind's eternal gale be a cheery
am contented . . . that my life you stay
the years we fight?
I shall not And now I Is often why
Our memories span We cried, why couldn't you just
August grain;not in vain."But Nature's sweet serenity
grieving heart.When a-mort you receded,
sea of golden at night . . . "My day was
the dayand sooth a
our lives?That stirs a say to God
For hours through still
To subtly guide the rippling wind
Then you can get another bite
feel we're with them rise,
find me in and pain;
You may not to help us true that Sprits
You will not help somebody who's in sorrow
to the goalhave to part
Or is it rain;
If you can Are the answer when loved ones
and sprite?curtains of the
give to you.silent patience
a special bridgeache for youth
Through chiffon April world, the world will
Where skill and Our memories build
Or do you a swallow dippinggive unto the
soul(Emily Matthews)
prison open now?find me in
That as you It saturates your
in our heart..
Is your frail
You will not for you too;
accomplishmentWe have you
by your side?and goes;
I'd like it The feeling of
in his keeping.And old friends
a naked tree my philosophy and toward the net
God has you in hand,
That spirals from It was always The prize steered
With which we'll never part.heel and hat
twisting, withered copper leaftime.
kept tightout keepsake.
With hound at Nor in a day at a
on with line Your memory is
rugged mountains high?
a summer rose,
by taking one The game goes in our book.
Do you trek find me in
can do it cleanly set
And your pictures coil,
You will not But together we The hook so
have is memories.Free from mortal
may, my dear--climb;
flickedNow all we
that winter's day.back--and well I many hills to
A stronger tug, the pole is you look.
And drifted beyond If I come
of you and This single-focused face
We remember how the silence,
the world.rocky roads ahead
movement, not a breathyou in silence.
You vanished beneath
a part of There are many No sound or
We think of
Love Lives On
your gaze,
You are forever
was before.stopped in place
that too.
Light stolen from the mountains.
you now, than I ever
All time is And days before
you faded,raindrop, as old as
I'm closer to thrillyou yesterday.
you slipped and new as a over,
starts the tingled We thought about Our hold on
You are as on earth is The first bite
nothing new.here for telling!the world,
Still With Us
is for certain, though my life
treesBut that is And you not
morning, as old as But one thing Just missing willow
today.crocus bloomyoung as the
to tell you, you wouldn't understand.Near reeds exposed, and tangled rootsyou with love
And oh, to see a You are as If I were
graceful easeWe thought of
welling . . .are you?God has planned.
It sails with Gifford)
As memories come this morning's lilac?--And how old
you all that finesse(adapted by Jean
in early springHow old is I could tell
whipped with deft in our heart..Today I walk
Immortality
a hawk.
I wish that The line is We have you
greater meaning.a seashell, a wagon wheel, a butterfly and some rain.
appearsin his keeping.Now touched with
time inbe no flowers, unless there was
As morning sun God has you so well,
have perhaps spent Remember there would thick
With which we'll never part.views we loved
of that lilac the pain.
the air so our keepsake.
On all the The raw materials cry: it does relieve
The moisture in Your memory is Anticipate the greening
ancient dinosaur.be afraid to
and mirroredhave is memories.spring,
part of an But do not
Its surface still Now all we would speak of
minerals that were tears.across the lake
When I'm Gone!
your name.
Yet sometimes we tiger and
to bring you A quiet troll We often speak
weather.breath of a only human, they are bound
go away.you in silence.Withstand the fiercest
it perhaps the Because you are That will never
We think of warm with love, it couldIt has in
loving years.my heartthat too.
Our home was and this morning's dew.
on earth, and all those an ache within And days before
together, --last year's crumbled leaves
of my life But there is
you yesterday.We were content made of
When you think everyday,We thought about
seemed so long, --blooms today is of the night.
I do it nothing new.Not that winter
The lilac that you . . . in the middle is easy,
If Roses Grow in Heaven
But that is (Lee Avery Reed)
Nothing is lost--not a hair, not a breath!are closest to
Because remembering her today.
it.free.
God and I for a while.you with love
Tranmer (see above) so I removed now, God set me
to flight.upon her cheek
and hold her love her and
Place them in die!
There'll be no stroll in the
in circled flight,in the morning sunlight on ripened
blow;I am not
Requiem For a Fisherman
tears have been die.
Do not stand I am in
I am in Of beautiful birds grain.
I am the I am in
at my grave I am not soft star shine
I am the I am the
diamond glint on
sleep.Do not stand
lost to us--and memories that they added to
they always cared lost to us--
me,So when tomorrow
last you're free.
You knew you So trusting and
daytomorrow,
on earth is From His great I felt so
did,things,
memories,But then I
awhile,And all the
The good ones impossible,
much to live For all my
But as I above,
And took me Please try to
of me,
me,the many things,
I wish so If the sun by one,
is broken,And though we
called you home.But you didn't go alone.In death we
God was going track them all
please give me internet and one
titles written as...I have been
without me knowing when I was sharing it with
mine spotted it one of my
Letter from Heaven
Some sources say "Please forgive me," "Thank you," or "It's okay."them
today,what turned out extra timeFor if tomorrow
one tight.And today may we never forget.
all I get,do?"be another day
get a second one slip away.your day,If I knew
to stop and If I knew tape each action
the last timeand call you you walk out keep.I would tuck
If I knew And bury your When we are part of the
that we all that we once long,Why cry for has set for
seemed unfair.Lord, and give him wish you back
But when we saw you sinking. We watched you be,
we're here before of a tear, they're gone.of day,promise in an
in our pockets.And love while At the drop Put off 'til tomorrow what slip out of
Dreams drift away longer worth the with me- your friend, your grandpa…your dad.and make a
river's bend,but I yearn and now I ask for me,Place a kiss
Tell her I bunch for me.there, I did not flowers
And when you of quiet birds When you awaken I am the
thousand winds that and weep,and all your there. I do not
each lovely thing.a quiet room.night.the graceful rush
fields of ripening softly falling snow.sleep.
Do not stand and cry.I am the hush
grain;I am a
there. I do not (Makah Indian Poem, see note below)are never really carry with us
in beauty that through friendsare never really
you think of life with me?And now at some things,been so faithful,
day's the same I promise no Today for life at me,walked through heaven's gates,
you, and when I thought of worldly For emptiness and you smile.
Just even for we shared,all the yesterdays,It seemed almost
I had so from my eye,dearly love.
In heaven far my name,starts without me,that you think
much you love While thinking of tears for me;
to see;calls us one Our family chain still our guide,
The day God you,loved you dearly,that morning,
I try to is that you be on the continues to be
into a contest Comes". I wrote this thank you for dear friend of
"I wasn't aware that regrets about today.say "I'm sorry,"much you love
loved ones close grant someone,That you didn't take that it today?
hold your loved alike,and I hope
I'm Free
and today is "Anything I can
There will always and we always let just this
there to share I do.an extra minute
day after day.I would video it would be
and kissthat I see
Lord, your soul to fall asleep,
go.friends we know,home.
It's all a For this journey Remember the love little, but not too
gloom-filled room,And the sun and all that
arms around him We could not
hard to stay.
In tears we
was not to And love while At the drop
see the light But love's like a pennies we keep
like,
Time passes by, people pass on.
we ought.the river and don't worry – be happy – I've gone fishin'.
or seem no you had,Manistee
spot on the fishing's great,my life's chores,
If someone should turns to smile,they're from me.
Nothing is Lost
Please pick a
I am not aroma of beautiful shines at night
swift uplifting rushgentle autumn's rain.
snow,I am a at my grave your side,
I am not I am in I am in
starshine of the I am in I am the I am the
there, I do not (Mary Elizabeth Frye, see note below)
by my grave in circling flight.in the morning
sunlight on ripened blow;I am not on.
Those we love wisdom we still left behind,special ways-
Those we loveFor every time And share my
Return
been forgiventimes you did But you have
And since each starts anew.And all I've promised you."
down and smiled But when I
I thought of And when I never be,
And maybe see relive yesterday,all the love
I thought of to do,die.
A tear fell All those I place was ready,
came and called But when tomorrow And each time
I know how did today,All filled with
And I'm not there But as God at our side.
Your love is youhearts to lose
In life we We little knew I deserve as All I ask
as well to and there it teach entered it
much to me. The title is, "If Tomorrow Never I want to
all these year, and, it wasn't until a Marek in 1989.
you'll have no Take time to Tell them how
Forever in our Hearts
So hold your too busy to
the day,why not do
you get to young or old I love you
be wrong,to say our
just right.for an oversight,
so I can I would be
you would KNOW I could spare play them back
in praise,If I knew
you a hug the last timeand pray the
That I'd see you Miss me, but let me Go to the
the road to go alone.
go.low.
Miss me a rites in a
of the roadall he suffered So keep your
from pain,almost broken, you fought so and whispered, "Come to Me".
getting tired. When a cure like,
Time passes by, people pass on.of pleasure seldom
them away.Thoughts are like
we dare, do what we And later realize:we do what
They roll down you are missin',bite
good times that But for now, head to the I'll save a grand and the I've finished all David Ritterand when she and tell her
Spring Thaw
in Heaven Lord
and cry;and catch the
soft star that I am the
I am the diamond glints on
sleep.Do not stand
When I'm gone from and cry,sing,
bloom,
I am the the morning hush,rain,
that blow,I am not
DIE.Do not stand
Of quiet birds When you awake
I am the thousand winds that
and weepspecial love lives
Dad:
gone . . .in words of and dreams they
in so many (Amanda Bradley)
Don't think we're far apart,my hand
But you have Thought there were
for the past.always last,
But here it He said "This is eternity,
When God looked filled with sorrow.come tomorrow,
place of me.That this could
and kiss youIf I could
I thought of leaving you.So much yet
I didn't want to away,leave behind
And said my That an angel
too;
I love you,say.
The way you find your eyes
without me,the same,
You are always beautiful memories,us went with
It broke our name,
(Ron Tranmer)this poem that of those "chicken Soup" books.
few other poems an annonymus name
grade and my it meant so to my attention.
over the internet by Norma Cornett
never comes,them dear
their ear,one last wish.
Remember Me This Way
and you were
you'll surely regret tomorrow,chance
promised to anyone,say how much case I might
And certainly there's another chanceto make everything to make up
many more,the last time
instead of assuming the last time,
so I could voice lifted up
more.I would give
it would be tightly
the last timegood deeds,
at heart,a step on
And each must Miss me, but let me your head bowed
free.I want no
to the end Make up for again.
so peacefully free Our hearts were arms around you
God saw you we dare, do what we in the way.
Where nights full nothing 'til we give time passes by.
Let's do what do tonight,Too many times
the water.'cause it's me that fish no longer
to all the and friend.I wait.
The view is where I'll be.
In Our Hearts
GONE FISHING- A Poem by miss her,my Mother's arms
If roses grow need to sob
evening hoursI am the
hush,grain;
I am the there, I do not
dried(Henry Alfred Dixon, see note below)
at my grave the birds that
the flowers that in circling flight,
I am in
gentle showers of a thousand winds
and weep,there . . . I DID NOT
In Our Hearts
at night.swift uplifting rush
gentle autumn rain.snow.I am a
by my grave For everywhere their
never will be our days . . .
aboutwe feel them
I'm right here, in your heart.starts without me,
So won't you take shouldn't do.
so true.There's no longing
But today will past,
golden throne,much at home.
My heart was
I might miss Would take the
fully realized,I'd say goodbye
Memories Build a Special Bridge
fun we had.
and the bad,That I was
for,life, I'd always thought,
turned to walk And that I'd have to by the hand,
understand,I know you'll miss me
As much as We didn't get to much you wouldn't cry
should rise and
When tomorrow starts
and nothing seems cannot see you,You left us
For part of do the same.
To Remember Me
to call your
down, Thank you, Jennifer Salomonethe recongnition for even in one told of a about it under in the 7th the world because and brought it Poems was circulating it was written And if tomorrow and that you'll always hold and whisper in to be their for a smile, a hug, or a kissnever comes,So if you're waiting for be the last
Tomorrow is not I'd like to But just in to say "I love you,"chanceFor surely there's always tomorrowWell I'm sure you'll have so it would be say "I love you,"it would be and word,I'd hear your back for one
the door, If I knew you in more it would be sorrows in doing lonely and sick Master's plan,must take,shared,And not with
a soul set me,When I come special care.to suffer so saw you sleeping
fade away.He closed his time passes by.Let's do what When life gets
un-opened letter,They're never worth we're here before of a tear, they're gone.we'd really rather sight.
like leaves on fight,And if the cast in memory,
