<BGSOUND SRC="windbeneathmywings_bettemidler.mid" LOOP=INFINITE>
SPIRITS JOURNEY
GOD LOOKED DOWN ON YOUR BODY,
SO TIRED FROM HANGING ON
FROM A SICKNESS THAT WAS OVERWHELMING YOU
HE CALLED YOU BACK HOME.
SO HE TOOK AWAY THE AIR YOU BREATHE
AND GAVE YOU WHAT HE THOUGHT BEST,
A PLACE TO BE AT PEACE WITHOUT PAIN
A FINAL PLACE OF REST.

BY HIS SIDE YOU SIT WATCHING
YOUR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES LEFT BEHIND
WANTING THEM TO KNOW
YOU ARE DOING JUST FINE.
FOR I KNOW YOU WILL MISS ME
BUT WE WILL MEET AGAIN
SO WEEP NOT FOR ME
MY LOVED ONES, MY FRIENDS

MY SPIRIT FLIES A NEW JOURNEY
MY SOUL TRAVELS ON
SEEKING THOSE THAT NEED MY HELP
WITH THE ANGELS
I LIVE ON.

JUST KNOW I AM WITH YOU
IN THE  GENTLENESS OF THE BREEZE
JUST STOP AND LISTEN QUITELY
AND YOU WILL FEEL MY PRESENCE
WHEN YOU ARE IN NEED.

THIS POEM WAS WRITTEN IN MAY 2003 FOR A DEAR FRIEND WHO WAS LOST TO LUNG CANCER. HE WILL BE MISSED.
Hosted by www.Geocities.ws

1