I saw a rainbow Shane and I thought of you,
It stretched across the sky,
It had lots of beautiful colors too,
It made me miss you and start to cry,
I wanted to go to it�s end to see,
For there is something special there I�ve been told,
Because you were so special to me,
You Shane are the pot of gold,
You are now my angel brother,
And I miss you so much,
You were always there for me like no other,
When the wind blows, I hear your voice, I feel your touch,
I see your bright smile in sunny skies,
Your laugh is heard when the birds sing,
The stars are the sparkle in your eyes,
You are here Shane in everything,
I carry you with me every where I go,
So keep watching over me from above,
We will be together again I know,
Til then, I will remember you with smiles, laughter and love,
Shane, you are the gold in the rainbow.
Judi Walker
written in memory of Shane
for Jennie & Laurie
I would like to share the story behind this poem. My daughter Laurie who was 8 years old when we lost Shane had drawn a picture of a rainbow and Shane shortly after we lost him. I was on the computer and she came to me and asked me to write a poem about Shane being the gold at the end of the rainbow. I told her I was busy and would do it later, she pushed it into my hands and said do it now. I told her no, not right now, and laid it on my desk, she picked it up and again put it in my hand and said I want you to do it now, I told her no again and again she insisted I do it then. I was getting a little aggravated by now and took the picture from her and laid it on the desk and firmly told her no, not right now. As soon as I said it, our electricity blink off and came right back on, it caused my computer to shut down. I turned to look behind me out our sliding glass door to see if the weather was getting bad. I was amazed by what I saw, everything outside looked like it was glowing gold. I went to the back door with Laurie and my other daughter Jennie who was 13. When we got to the door and looked out, there in the sky was the most beautiful rainbow we had ever seen, it had the tops of the trees glowing gold and we could see both ends. As we stood there watching it, it began to fade, when it was almost gone, the girls said Bubba, come back. To our amazement, the rainbow came back as bright as it was before! As soon as it disappeared, I went to my desk and sat down and wrote Laurie's rainbow poem!
