Poems & Selections

After Glow

I’d like the memory of me
to be a happy one,
I’d like to leave an afterglow
of smiles when life is done.
I’d like to leave an echo
whispering down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing
times and bright and sunny days.
I’d like the tears of those who
grieve, to dry before the sun
Of happy memories that I leave
When life is done.

I made a wish for you Upon the brightest starThat angels in heaven Will watch over you, No matter where you areFor you I also wished, Health, peace and happiness And a lifetime of dreams come true Because I’ve found a wonderful friend in you!
By Anne Bradstreet If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were lov’d by wife, then thee. If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me, ye women, if you can. I prize thy love more than whole Mines of gold Or all the riches that the East doth hold. […]
May the joys of today Be those of tomorrow. The goblets of life Hold no dregs of sorrow.
They say that times a healer But as the time goes on. I seem to find it just as hard To face the fact you’re gone.And today it’s the anniversary Of the day that you went away, And I’m standing here at your graveside And believe me when I say.You’ll never be forgotten And every […]