Prayers and Poems
Happy 19th Birthday Danielle
by Edgar Ramirez
R.I.P. Danielle and Kevin Trueblood
Like a leaf in the wind you were swept away
A year has passed today is the day
But...
You’re like peanut butter and jelly
Who doesn’t like em?
You’re like shooting stars
Who can forget em?
You’re like that funny joke
You will always bring delight
You’re like the Olympic torch
You will forever emit a light
You see...You will never be gone...in fact you never left
You will FOREVER live on in our hearts and minds..
To All the Parents
by Edgar Guest
"I'll lend you for a little time these children of Mine," he said.
For you to love them while they live
and mourn for them when they're dead.
It may be six or seven years, or twenty two or three,
But will you, till I call them back,
Take care of them for Me?
They'll bring their charms to gladden you,
And shall their stay be brief,
You'll have their lovely memories as solace for your grief.
I cannot promise they will stay, since all from earth return,
But there are lessons taught down there I want these children to learn.
I've looked the wide world over
In my search for teachers true
And from the throngs that crowd life's lanes
I have selected you.
Now will you give them all your love,
Nor think the labor vain,
Nor hate me when I come to call to take them back again?
I fancied that I heard them say: "Dear Lord, Thy will be done?
For all the joy thy children shall bring.
The risk of grief we'll run.
We'll shelter them with tenderness, we'll love them while we may,
Forever grateful stay;
But shall the angels call for them much sooner than we've planned
We'll brave the bitter grief that come
And try to understand."
Do not stand at my grave and weep
...I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints in the snow,
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awake in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft star-shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry. .
I am not there. I did not die.
Today He Picked You
By Edgar Ramirez
From a world full of people
Today he picked you
Of families with siblings
Today, it was two
A brother and a sister
Who were here yesterday
Today, you are gone
My skies have turned gray
I barely did know you
But still were my friend
Why did your lives end
God needed two angels
Who could bring on a smile
God asked you to go
And stay for a while
I can't comprehend
I wish I knew
But what I do know
Today, God picked you
Written by Danielle:
Letting go of someone is something we all have to go through at some
point in our lives, whether it's through a death, a faded out friendship,
or an ended relationship. At this end you think about all the good
times you experienced with this person and you realize that these
memories are all you have left. These memories will sometimes cause us
pain, but as someone once told me "pain is part of the growing process
and that pain can only make us stronger."
My First Christmas in Heaven
I see countless Christmas Trees around the world below,
With tiny lights, like heaven's stars, reflecting in the snow.
The sight is so spectacular, please wipe away that tear,
For I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.
I hear the many Christmas songs that people hold so dear,
But the sounds of music can't compare with the Christmas Choir up here.
I have no words to tell you the joy their voices bring,
For it is beyond description to hear the angels sing.
I know how much you miss me. I see the pain inside your heart,
But I'm not so far away, we really aren't apart.
So be happy for me dear ones. You know I hold you dear,
And be glad I'm spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.
I send you each a special gift from my heavenly home above,
I send you each a memory of my undying love.
After all, love is the gift more precious than pure gold,
It was always most important in the stories Jesus told.
Please love and keep each other, as my Father said to do.
For I can't count the blessings or the love he has for each of you.
So, have a Merry Christmas and wipe away that tear,
Remember, I'm spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.
Always Remembered
By Jon Narwocki, Class of 2005
The wind blows
It changes direction
Te course has changed
Make no objections.
For our friend that has died
The tears that we've cried
Mourning for what has been lost
It's just too big of a cost.
I don't understand
He was just a young man
Now we all mourn
And our school is torn
It is just so sad
It really makes us mad
What could have been so bad
But now he has been taken
Our hearts are still breaking
The ground is now shaking
His friends forsaken
He always smiled and was always true
He was always loved and was always real
He had everything, he had it all
We loved them both true, this we can feel
He showed us how to be
Happiness was all that he could see
Now he is an angel
And now he is free
He belongs at his sister's side
Toward the sky, up in Heaven
He is never forgotten
We love our dear friend Kevin