BUTTERFLY
I've earned my wings
I'm ready to fly
So show me the light
And give me the sky
You want me to stay
But time wont allow
Still I'll remain
In your lives somehow
Just call my name
Or laugh out loud
Look for a rainbow
Or smile at the clouds
Dont look to hard
For my face you wont see
But know in your heart
Right there I'll be
In memory of my brother
April 10, 1998
April Shay Sorrells
Native American Prayer
I am not there, I do not sleep
I am a thousand winds that blow
I am the diamond glint in snow
I am the sunlight on ripened grain
I am the gentle autumn rain
When you wake in the morning hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
of quite birds in circling flight
I am the soft starlight at night
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there, I do not sleep
Native American Prayer
May You Have...
Enough trials to keep you strong
Enough sorrow to keep you happy
Enough failure to keep you hunble
Enough success to keep you eager
Engogh friends to give you comfort
Enough wealth to meet your needs
Enough enthusiasm to look forward
Enough faith to banish depression
Enough determination to make each day better !
After A While ,
And you began to learn that kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises and you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes ahead... with the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child.
And you learn to build all your roads on today because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans and future's have a way of falling down in mid-flight.
After a while, you learn that even sunshine burns if you get to much.
So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure...that you really are strong and you really do have worth and you learn and you learn...with every good-bye, you learn .
Life Exercises
Never underestimate the power of a kind word or deed.
Never give up on anything; miracles happen everyday.
Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.
Learn to listen.
Think big thoughts, but relish samll pleasures.
Dont expect others to listen to your advice and ignore your example.
Opportunity sometimes knocks softly.
Leave everything a little better than you found it.
Dont forget a person's greatset emotional need is to feel appreciated.
Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love him or her.
Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.
Make new friends, but cherish the old ones.
Don't use time or words carelessly; neither can be retrieved.
Judge your success by the degree that you're enjoying peace, health and love.
Smile a lot; it cost nothing and is beyond price.
C6H1206
( copyright 2003 )
God in three persons. Father, Spirit, Son.
A simple plan for salvation. Yes, He's the only One.
No matter what the problem. There's none that he can't fix.
Yes, God in three persons, just like C6H1206.
We are made by God's own hand, from a pile of dust.
A gentle breath of fresh air. His protection a must.
I'm a simple creation, but with him I get my kicks.
Yes, God in three persons, just like C6H1206.
God in three persons, we call the Trinity.
He is our great Creator, His many faces I long to see.
A name sweet as honey, with sin I wouldn't mix.
Yes, God in three persons, just like C6H1206.
I'm Free
I'm following the path God laid for me.
I took his hand when I heard him call.
I 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 that place at the close of day.
If my parting has left a void,
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,
Ah yes, these things, I too, will miss.
Be not burdened with times of sorrow,
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life's been full, I savored much,
Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch.
Perhaps my time seemed all too breif,
Don't lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your heart and share with me,
God wanted me now, he set me free.
To Those I Love
To go along the Silent Way, grieve not,
Nor speak of me with tears, but laugh and talk
Of me as if I were beside you, for
Who knows, but that I shall be oftentimes ?
I'd come, I'd come, could I but find a way!
But would not tears and grief be barriers ?
And when you hear a song I use to sing,
Or see a bird I loved- let not the thought
Of me be sad, for I am loving you
Just as I always have...You were so good
To me... So many things I wanted still
To do... So many, many things to say to you...
Remember that I did not fear...It was
Just leaving you I could not bear to face...
We cannot see Beyond...But this I know:
I loved you so---' twas heaven here with you!
By: Isla Paschal Richardson
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Though I know you miss me so.
The love I've alway's felt for you,
within my heart still flows.
My spirit will remain with you
every single day, appearing as a
rainbow or as ocean waves at play.
I'm in the gentle rains that fall,
and in the morning dew.
All you see that's beautiful
reflects my love for you.
I didn't mean to cause you pain,
my time had simply come.
The work that I was meant to do
on earth had all been done.
I'm safely home in Heaven,
where eternal peace is mine.
And where, when God has called you,
too, I'll be forever Thine.
Remember Me
with pain and sorrow,
but remember me in every tomorrow.
Remember the joy, the laughter,
the smiles. I've only gone to rest a little 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. Because, I will remember you all and look on with a
smile.
Understand in your hearts,
I've only gone to rest a little while.
As long as I have the love
of each of you,
I can live my life
in the hearts of all of you.
In memory and honor of
" Jeffrey Winfield Green "
From Darkness To Light
(copyright 2006 )
from the darkness to light.
Where I can hear the birds singing,
from the heaven to the sky.
There I can see the light from where I was,
in the darkness where I have been so long ago.
I had heard about almighty God that he gave,
his only begotten son Jesus to save the world,
but I was so much in darkness that I can only see the light.
But one day the Lord Jesus Christ reached his hand out to me,
and he brought me out of the darkness where I have been so long.
He help me walk every step of the way out.
I am free with him because I am a child of God.
There I can really see all of the great work,
the almighty God has done with his hands.
I can also see the sky really clear now!!!
May God Bless You Always
Regina is my cousin,
thank you sweetie for sharing your poem with us.
