Dearest Mother
"God" looked around his garden,
and found an empty space.
He looked down upon his Earth,
and saw your tired face.
He put his arms around you,
and lifted you to rest.
"God's" garden must be beautiful,
He only takes the best!
He knew that you were suffering,
He knew you were in pain,
He knew that you would never
find peace upon this Earth again.
He saw the road was getting rough,
the hills were hard to climb.
So He closed your weary eyelids
and whispered
"Peace Be Thine".
It broke our hearts to lose you,
but you did not go alone,
for part of us went with you,
the day "God" called you home.
I'M FREE
DON'T GRIEVE FOR ME, FOR NOW I'M FREE
I'M FOLLOWING THE PATH GOD HAS LAID YOU SEE.
I TOOK HIS HAND WHEN I HEARD HIS CALL,
TURNED MY BACK AND LEFT IT ALL.
I COULD NOT STAY ANOTHER DAY,
TO LAUGH, TO LOVE, TO WORK OR PLAY.
TASKS LEFT UNDONE MUST STAY THAT WAY, I FOUND THE PEACE AT THE CLOSE OF
THE DAY. IF MY PARTING HAS LEFT A VOID, THEN FILL IT WITH REMEMBERED
JOYS-A FRIENDSHIP SHARED, A LAUGH, A KISS. OH YES THESE THINGS I TOO
WILL MISS. BE NOT BURDENED WITH TIMES OF SORROW. I WISH YOU THE
SUNSHINE TOMORROW. MY LIFE'S BEEN FULL, I SAVORED MUCH, GOOD FRIENDS,
GOOD TIMES, A LOVED ONES TOUCH. PERHAPS MY TIME SEEMED ALL TOO BRIEF-
DON'T LENGTHEN IT NOW WITH UNDUE GRIEF. LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS, AND PEACE
TO THEE-GOD WANTED ME NOW, HE SET ME FREE...
MISS ME BUT LET ME GO
WHEN I COME TO THE END OF THE ROAD AND THE SUN HAS SET FOR ME, I WANT NO RITES IN A GLOOM FILLED ROOM, WHY CRY FOR A SOUL SET FREE? MISS ME A LITTLE...BUT NOT TOO LONG, AND NOT WITH YOUR HEAD BOWED LOW. REMEMBER THE LOVE THAT ONCE WAS SHARED, MISS ME... BUT THEN LET ME GO. FOR THIS IS A JOURNEY WE ALL MUST TAKE AND EACH MUST GO ALONE. IT'S ALL A PART OF THE MASTER'S PLAN, A STEP ON THE ROAD TO HOME. WHEN YOU ARE LONELY AND SICK OF HEART GO TO THE FRIENDS WE KNOW, AND BURY YOUR SORROWS IN DOING GOOD DEEDS. MISS ME...BUT LET ME GO. George R. Monseur