Poems & Selections

God Needed An Angel in Heaven

Fill not your hearts with pain and sorrow,
but remember me in every tomorrow.Remember the sky, the laughter, the smiles,
I’ve only gone to rest a while. Although my leaving causes pain and grief,
my going has eased my hurt and given me relief!So dry your eyes and remember me.
Not as I am now, but as I used to be.I will remember you all and look on with a smile.
Understand, in your hearts I’ve only gone to rest a while. As long as I have the love of each of you,
I can live my life in the hearts of all of you

When life as opening buds is sweet, And golden hopes the fancy greet, And Youth prepares his joys to meet, – – Alas! how hard it is to die! When just is seized some valued prize, And duties press, and tender ties Forbid the soul from earth to rise, – – How awful then it […]
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple… With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me. And I shall spend my pension on caviar and summer gloves And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement when I’m tired And gobble up […]
by John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow Loved and were loved, and now we […]
Don’t grieve for me for now I am free, I’m following the path that God laid for me. I took his hand when I heard his call, I turned my back and left it all.I could not stay another day, To laugh, to love, to work, to play. Tasks left undone must stay that way, […]