REMEMBERING....

As night turns to daylight
When mists softly rise
Our thoughts with you always
In sweet and gentle sighs

Each season's renewal
With all that it brings
Your breezes upon us
From soft gentle wings

For you are the spirits
That soar through the sky
The light of each new day
As years pass us by

The glory that's glowing
With rainbows we share
For you are life's echoes
That whisper heart's prayer

We pause with all honor
We know you are near
We speak of your valor
Life's treasury each tear

Your spirits shall linger
In places we see
You're home now forever
Yet here constantly

As time is our witness
As days come and go
Each light of your countenance
Shall bring forth life's glow

We'll never forget you
To us you are as "one"
All equal in purpose
Each ray of the sun

We gather your memory
In thoughts that remain
For you are the beauty
Of sweet misty rain

That fall from the heaven's
Which cleanse all this earth
The breath of each new day
That has so much worth

May it be your shadows
That fill up the skies
The clouds are now parted
Your spirits all rise.

~ In Memoriam September 11 ~

This poem dedicated to all those who lost their lives on that

fateful September 11, from New York

to all areas of devastation

brought on by the cowards who attacked our freedom and

knowingly brought such pain to the families of those

innocents who woke up that morning and went about their

daily life, not knowing that it would be their last day on this

earth. This dreadful day will live in our hearts forever.

To those families who have to feel the pain of their loved ones

final words that they heard, the pain of knowing that their

final goodbyes were filled with repeated words of love and

resignation for what was about to happen. These are the

things that stay in my mind. The words of the valiant who

knew that their fate was written on that beautiful morning.

Those evil people may have changed the course of many

innocent lives but they can never destroy us as a nation

of love and devotion for each one of those who died now

belong to us and we hold them in our hearts. They have

become the bright rays of light that break through the clouds

each morning and the extra sparkle of stars that twinkle in

the nights and fill the sky with their special light.

My heart belongs to those on this earth that have to

experience the pain of their loss. My heart is filled with

compassion and love for every human being that has to

deal with this every day of their life. I share that pain,

I share that suffering and I share the words that my heart

speaks of each and every day of the rest of my life.

"Each thought of remembrance on this fateful day

Will give us the courage to make our own way

For we are the keepers through life's destiny

Of all those who left us ~ but live endlessly."