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Dotty
Brant
from Langhorne, PA
Amy Joy's Mom
I wrote
this
on March 2, 2005 in
the morning at work
Missing Amy Joy
Time goes by for me my Amy Joy
But not for you
Where you're at there is no time
Only eternity.
My mother's heart longs for you
To see you, hear you, to touch you
But you're on the other side where
I can't go so my heart must be
content to see you in my mind.
Almost four long years without
your smile, laugh, and beauty
Oh how the days go by and then
the years since you were taken
from me.
Life does go on it seems - one can't
stop it even if one trys
But I will always cry for you and
long to see my Amy Joy, my baby,
my little woman, my gift.
Always my love,
Mother

BROKEN
DREAMS
HERE
I SIT, ON
MY BED OF BROKEN DREAMS
WITH
ACHING
HEART AND SILENT SCREAMS
THE
SUN RISES
BUT REFUSES TO SHINE,
SO
MANY
QUESTIONS TORMENTING MY MIND
IT
HAS TAKEN
IT'S TOLL, ALL THIS LOSS,
MY
FAITH
QUESTIONED, HEART BROKEN, FAMILY TORN APART,
EVILS
PATH I'VE
CROSSED FOR
THE SUN RISES BUT REFUSES TO SHINE
SO
MANY
QUESTIONS TORMENTING MY MIND
EVIL
HAS REARED
IT'S UGLY HEAD A CHILD GONE,
NOT
ENOUGH SAID OF THE PAIN AND
ANGUISH IT CAUSES US ALL
A
CHILD IS GONE
BUT I STILL HERE HIM CALL
SO
I SIT AND
MEND MY BROKEN DREAMS, WITH ACHING HEART AND SILENT SCREAMS
IN
MEMORY of
WESLEY
ALAN
MATHESON
9-12-1981---5-6-2002
I
will wait for
you to come, some day my angel boy, will take me home.

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
MY BROTHER
AND FRIEND...
PATRICK SEAN COOKE
1971/2000
I'M FREE
DONT GRIEVE FOR ME, FOR
NOW IM
FREE
IM 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 UNDONE MUST STAY
THAT
WAY
I FOUND THAT PEACE AT
CLOSE OF
DAY
IF MY PARTING HAS LEFT A
VOID
THEN FILL IT WITH
REMEMBERED
JOY
A FRIENDSHIP SHARED, A
LAUGH, A
KSS, AH, YES,
THESE THINGS I TOO WILL
MISS
BE NOT BURDENED WITH TIMES
OF
SORROW
I WISH YOU THE SUSHINE OF
TOMORROW
MY LIFE'S BEEN FULL, I'VE
SAVORED MUCH,
GOOD FRIENDS, GOOD TIMES,
A
LOVED ONE'S TOUCH
PERHAPS MY TIME SEEMED ALL
TOO
BRIEF,
DON'T LENGTHEN IT NOW WITH
UNDUE
GRIEF
LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS AND
SHARE
WITH ME
GOD WANTED ME NOW HE SET
ME
FREE....
We will love you forever,
Patrick... Debbie, Bill
and Chris
Nicole Velez
There is a quality about you Nicole Velez
That touches Us deep in our heart
your fathers and mine!
This quality is so special
It sets us quite Together as one!
luv ur dad and his wife
Ramon-n-Desree Velez!!
The
Depths of My Soul
By
Eli
The
Depths of My
Soul
There’s
a burning
yearning to be
Extinguished
A Love that knows no limits
A pain that’s persistent
In a Life that’s so
optimistic
The
Depths of
My Soul…
Shows
a smile that
crys
A logic that defies
A simplistic way to rely
Even if all wells seem to
run dry
The
Depths of My
Soul
Is
deeper than most
can see
Especially the one whom
try to
judge me
Through my eyes my soul is
Plain as smoke
Most never see it and the
rest
Lose hope
The
Depths of My
Soul
Knows
imperfections
See it quite often
In my reflection
Still I fight for the
right
Direction
In the middle of all this
oppression
The Depths of My Soul
Is
like a silver
reflector at
Night
Like the violent explosion
of
stick
Dynomite
Like
a cool breeze
on
A hot summer night
Like an eagle soaring at
it’s
Highest height
The
Depths of My
Soul
Is
enduring
Pretty much worth exploring
A keeper of my word and
faith
And
to those who
don’t understand
My soul, Please! Know
How to hate…
The
Depths of My
Soul
My Son Eli was shot to death on Friday August 16th
2002. I found this undated poem among his papers. I
didn't even know he wrote poetry...
WONDERING
I
wonder what
did you think
as your life ebbed away?
If you could have spoken,
what did you have to say?
If you
could
have lived
I wonder what part
Of the awful incident you'd
have kept in your heart?
Were
your
thoughts pleasant,
or were you troubled and surprised?
Did you communicate with God?
Were there tears in your eyes?
God
knows
what's best
and he knows our pain,
but how long does it take
for broken hearts to smile again?
Only
God knows
about the problems you bore,
and I pray someday
my wondering will be no more!
Written
by
Linnie H. Neely
the Grandmother of KP
Big
Beautiful Eyes
Oh ! Soft White Clouds and Deep Blue
Skies
Open
Up
! and let us once again see :
Our
Baby
Tati's Big Beautiful Eyes
Once
Again ! Filled with Joy over
Playing
with a toy or a little girl, or a little boy.
Take
away our fears and dry our tears
Our
baby
is an Angel in Heaven Up Above
We
cannot hold her and give her " All of Our Love"
Who
would have known that in a few minutes time-
Our
lives would be lifeless
because
of this awful crime.
Our
hearts feel as though they have been stabbed with a knife,
Because
someone has taken our Tati's Life.
Our
minds they struggle to venture on -
Our
souls cry out everytime we have to see the one,
who
did
this to our Angel !
Oh!
Merciful God !
She
was
so innocent - ONLY 2 (Two) Years Old !
Her Love and Her Spirit so Bright and so Bold !
We
think
of all the families who suffer this fight !
Day
after Day ! Night after Night !
Our
Angel on Earth is now an Angel in Heaven
She
spreads her wings and flies so freely
I
think
what keeps us going is knowing someday
We
will
see her Big Beautiful Eyes
and
she
will be looking back at us, oh so sweetly.
Until
then we will wonder - we will struggle and fight for all
the
children and families who suffer and try with all of their
might:
to
forget the tragic way
Our
loved ones left this life , and are now nowhere in our sight.
No
Family ! Should ever have to say their baby or child was
killed
or murdered !
Everyday
I Pray ! That families not be victims all their lives and
have
to
learn to live like this day after day
year
after year
night
after night
Seeing
their lives now in a whole new way !
Never
to
be the same
Living
with fear-grief and pain !
Oh
! Soft White Clouds and Deep Blue Skies
Open
Up
and Let Us See Once Again !
Our
Baby
Tatiana's Big Beautiful Eyes
Filled
with Joy over playing with a toy or a little girl or a
little
boy !
Because
We Miss Her and Love Her So !
Our Arms Ache to Hold Her - Give Her Our Love
and
Watch Her Grow !
Dedicated to : Tatiana Inaia Marie
Hall
April
26, 1995-May 18, 1997 ( 2 years and 22 days on God's Earth )
From:
Mommy-Daddy-( Me-Maw )
Written
by : Me-Maw With All Of Her Heart-Soul and Love
First
Connection
written by
Wendy Nicole Dickens
8/31/76 - 3/25/98
When we
first
met, for the
first time,
it was love at first site
If I had my way I would marry you
tonight
We talked on the phone,
it's just not enough
I love you so much
When we split apart my life is rough
sooner or later we will be back
together
and back in each others arms
Then I can hold you,
until the sunlight of tomorrow
I love you more with each passing day
in my heart our love will always stay
with my hand in yours,
I love you so much,
I feel like a dove that soars in the
air
Thank God for first connections
and
thank God I found you
written
October 1993
submitted by her Mom
.
In Memory of the Unjustified Death of
Rebekah-Marie Bales Zask
7/6/80 - 7/19/01
I imagine
her
spirit drifting
through the
night,
And when I told my sister of the strength I gain
From knowing she was happy when she died,
The chills came on me
I imagined they were her, trying to hug me.
I imagine
her
flitting
The way butterflies do, but a spirit,
Like a long low string of a cloud,
As she goes here, there, all through this
Heartless megalopolis, to tell us all
That she knows, she cares, she loves still.
Though she
is
much too still,
so
Robbed of her body, so rudely,
Bitter.
Pissed.
Killed. Killed is not the same
As merely dead.
©
Barbara
Bales 2001 all
rights
reserved
A MOTHER'S LOVE
MICHAEL
MY
SON, MY LOVE, AND MY
SOUL ,
YOU WERE TAKEN FROM ME, BEYOND
MY
CONTROL.
YOU DIDN'T DESERVE THE FATE THAT YOU
FACED,
I WOULD GIVE ALL I HAVE, TO HAVE TAKEN
YOUR
PLACE.
THE
PAIN OF
MY LOSS IS SO HARD
TO BARE,
MY LIFE HAS BECOME A LIFE OF
DESPAIR.
I TAKE EACH DAY ONE STEP AT A
TIME,
WITH YOU IN MY HEART AND FOREVER ON MY
MIND
.
I KNOW IN MY HEART THERE'S A TIME WHEN
WE'LL
BE,
FOREVER TOGETHER FOR ETERNITY.
YOUR NIECE'S WILL KNOW YOU WITH EACH
DAY
THEY GROW.
FOR MY
SON
MICHAEL PIAZZA
I LOVED
YOU
FROM THE FIRST TIME
I HELD YOU
IN MY ARMS.
LOVE
MA
LILLIAN
WALLA
STEPHEN
Stephen was my Brother and I Loved Him
so,
Why God took Him I'll never know,
We were as close as Brothers could be,
Always out playing or climbing a tree,
Sleeping together night after night,
Swimming together when the Sun was
bright,
Then it was Basketball, and running
around,
Chasing the Girls all over the Town.
Then He met Susie and off they would
go,
Out to the Malls, or off to the Show,
Then I met Robbie My soon to be Wife,
I thought We Three would be together
for
Life!
Then came the Wedding, Oh,How happy
were we,
He was my Best Man, And I Loved Him
you see,
But as We grew older, We grew apart,
But GOD, when You took Him, You broke
my
Heart!
Your Big Brother, Tony
A Thorn
He
began to
cry as the water
reaches the
boat and
rocks it back, forth, back,
forth. His
tears roll
slowly down his young face and fall
into the
ocean below.
"Alone," he thinks, "AM I ALONE?" I
feel
empty - incomplete."
In his hand is a rose free from thorns
that
protected her.
The rose was pulled before it could
blossom,
and her blanket
was
stripped except for one tiny
thorn.
The boy pricks his
finger on the thorn
and drops the dying rose. On the
deck
of the boat, the
rose lies unopened.
The blood from the boy's finger
trickles
down his hand.
He kisses the cut
softly, and the sky gives birth to
rain. The rain washes
the boy's tears away,
and he stands still, drinking nature's
life
giver. He
knows what he has missed
now. The rose that lay on the
deck
also drinks the rain.
and she opens her
petals for the boy. The boy
picks her
up and holds her
to his cheek. The boy
then smiles as life washes his tears
away.....
by........... Renee DiCicco, murdered June
10th, 2000
Submitted
by
her Father Carlo
DiCicco
ANGELS
CRY
I
HARDLY
REMEMBER THE DAY YOU
DIED
SOME SAY IT RAINED I CANT SAY IT TRUE
BUT IT MAY HAVE BEEN, FOR I KNOW THE
ANGELS
CRIED
I’VE
NEVER
SEEN ANY ANGLES CRY
BUT IM SURE THEY DID
AS THEY STOOD BY YOUR SIDE
AS THE
SUN
FADED AWAY
THE SKYS TURNED TO GRAY
AS THE WORD YELLED WAS YOUR NAME
GOD ALSO DID THE SAME
HE HELD
YOU
BY YOUR HAND
AND TOOK YOU BY HIS SIDE
AND THE ANGELS STOOD THEIR
AS THEY WATCHED AND CRIED
NOT
ONLY DO
ANGELS CRY
FOR WE DO TO JOE
FOR WE CRY EVERYDAY
WONDERING WHY YOU HAD TO GO
BUT
KNOW YOUR
IN A BETTER PLACE
WHERE THE ANGELS NOW SMILE
AND FOR US THERE'S AN ANGEL
WITH YOUR LITTLE FACE
FOR WE
ALL
NOW KNOW
WHEN SOMEONE DIES
NOT ONLY US BUT ANGELS
ALSO CRY.
written for Joe Manuel Moreno, Jr
by Pearl Moreno
THE
ANGELS
Did the
angels come from heaven
to help you through that night
Did they feel your terror
And take away your fright
Did the
angels bear the pain
That was being done to you
Did they hear your cries of fear
And stayed to help you through
Did the
angels hold you tightly
The way I would of done
Did they know how I would feel
And wish they were the one
Did the
angels cry out loudly
For the unjustness of your plight
Did they call Lord Jesus
And lead you to the light
Did the
angels softly kiss your
cheek
Before you took your leave
Did they remind you how I loved you so
And forever more I'd grieve
Did the
angels whisper in your
ear
Don't worry you will not go alone
Did they know part of me went with you
The day God called you home
In
Memory of
my daughter Mary
Sadly missed and Loved
Mom
STEVE
Your death was so tragic and needless,
You were much to young to die,
You had a whole life ahead of you
And when you left, you made everyone
cry,
No one understands why you had to go,
It was a shock, really hard to take,
You broke alot of hearts Son,
For you had so much at stake,
We'll never forget you, Dear Steve,
Nor your Memory will never grow old,
We need more like you,
For you had a heart of gold,
You left here in a hurry,
Not knowing you were to die,
We didn't have time for hugs or kisses,
Not even a good-bye.
Love Mom
(This poem was written after Steve
died in
1988)
(Steve's Mom is Sandra)
~
MY SON ~
Candles,
my
son, shine for you
Roses
add
their fragrance
too,
Midst
the
tears of calling your name
But
only to
hear it come back to the same.
I call
you my
son, hoping
you'll hear
Wanting to run and wipe away my tear,
You call, "Don't cry Mom, please do
not cry
I am so very happy," you say with a
sigh.
This
place is
so beautiful the
hills oh so
green,
Heaven is more glorious that eye has
ever
seen.
The roses more fragrant, the air oh,
so clear
You must not forget that I'm much
happier
here.
Oh
Mother,
don't cry, there is
so much to do
But for the time, I send my love down
to you.
So now my dear Mom, you have nothing
to dread
I'll lie on the hills with flowers to
cradle
my head.
One
day, Mom,
you'll know the
peace that is
here.
Please, Mom, don't worry, there's no
reason
to fear
That I might be alone, frightened or
scared,
I have my God who has so gloriously
prepared
for us......our whole family.....a
home of
pure joy
Where no one's unhappy, not one girl
or boy.
For no
fathers or mother, no
tears do they
shed,
For our Father watches o're us, so we
do not
tread
On sorrows or pain, but only blessings
above
All of these pains, fly away on the
wing of
the dove.
Written
by
Debby
In Memory of her son Carl
CHRISTOPHER
God
looked
around his garden
and found an
empty place.
He then looked down upon this earth,
and saw
your worried face.
He put his loving arms around you and
lifted
you to rest.
your carefree loving nature, kindness
and
unselfishness
Your roads of life were getting rough
the
hills harder to
climb
God decided to close your tiresome
eyes,
Leaving your worries
behind
he came to you when you needed him,
whispering softly
"Peace Be Thine."
Loosing
you
has broken my
heart,
destorted all of my dreams
an ongoing wait for you to call or a
visit
that will never be
A piece of me died with you that
night
"the night God called you home" still
tiny
pieces of me die
each day
just to know you are really gone
Gods garden must be so beautiful
always
taking the very best
a garden of Angels from
all corners of the Earth,
North, South, East and West
So many good hearts, such caring souls
stars of memories, sunlit smiles of
gold
Take
care
of moms ole'
heart, take
care of my memories
holding them close in view
some peacefilled night or joyful
day
the rest of me will find you !
Love
you my
son
Mom
Christopher was murdered March 9 or
10, 2000
Christopher's Mom is DiDi
~~
RAINBOW ~~
YOUR
TIME
WITH US WAS FAR TOO
SHORT...THERE SHOULD HAVE
BEEN MORE YEARS...TO SPEND WITH LAUGHTER AND NOT THE TEARS~~ THERE WAS
NO TIME FOR GOOD-BYES OR KISSES ON THE CHEEK...OUR FAREWELL HAS BEEN
LEFT, TOTALLY INCOMPLETE~~ YOU HELPED ME PICK OUT YOUR FUNERAL CLOTHES
AND TOLD ME TO, "LOOK TO THE LEFT FOR THE RAINBOW"...AND WHEN I SAW
THAT BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW, I KNEW THAT YOU SENT IT TO ME, TO EASE THE
PAIN, AS I GO~~ EVEN THOUGH, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART... TO SEE
YOUR FACE AND TOUCH YOU AGAIN, WOULD BE THE GRATEST PART~~SO, I WILL
CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR YOU IN THE RAINBOW, UNTIL IT IS MY TIME TO ALSO
GO........
Written
for
Jason by Mom.
Golden
hair and eyes of blue
sent
down from Heaven
you were mommies dream come true
A
beautiful smile
and a laugh so sweet
you made mommy feel complete
Small
arms
with big hugs to
give
you gave mommy a reason to live
Rose
petal
lips
with kisses so sweet
it made mommy happy
just to hear the pitter-patter of
your
tiny feet
Little
white casket
they shut the lid
mommy would have gave her life
so you could have lived
Two
years
of sadness
two years of pain
my grieve has taught me
things I can't explain
Two
years
without you
two years apart
has only brought you closer
to mommy's heart.
written
by
Michelle
mommy to my precious angel Hayley
Anna
IF
TEARS
COULD BUILD A STAIRWAY
AN MEMORIES
WERE A LANE, I WOULD WALK RIGHT UP TO HEAVEN TO BRING YOU HOME AGAIN.
NO FAREWELL WORDS WERE SPOKEN , NO TIME TO SAY GOODBYE, YOU WERE
GONE BEFORE I KNEW IT AND ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY. MY HEART STILL ACHES IN
SADNESS AND SECRET TEARS STILL FLOW, WHAT IT MEANT TO LOSE YOU NO ONE
WILL EVER KNOW.
I MISS
YOU
SO! LOVE MOM
(DEBORAH
LANHAM)
I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU JOHN LANHAM IV!
To
The Wind
Beneath My Wings
A year
today
has gone by. A
year today I
still cry; a year today I still ask why. Don't question they say. So
Quan, I just pray everynight, everyday; looking at the sky above- star,
moon, things-- looking mostly to you The Wind Beneath My Wings, the one
I love.
submitted by JaQuan's Mom
The
Howling
There
is a
sound
that if you are very lucky in this
life you
will never hear,
(and luckier still if you never have a
reason to make it)
it’s the howling, the howling.
The
best
actor in the world
could never recreate it,
for you actually have to feel it – you
cannot fake it,
it’s the howling, the howling.
I first
heard
it early one
morning this March
my mother on the phone,
your brother has been murdered
oh the howling, the howling.
In the
cold
morgue, Dad and I
had to identify
his little handicapped body stabbed 36
times, throat slit,
How could someone do this to one so
defenseless?
Please God No, oh the howling, the
howling.
It came
again
too soon – that
afternoon
I had to tell the children,
Your dear uncle, something terrible,
how can
I ever explain?
have you ever heard a child howling,
howling?
Seven
weeks
later, it came again
my in-laws said “we want nothing to do
with
you now”,
My husband begs them “please, please
don’t”
How could someone? – oh the howling,
the
howling.
Christmas
now, months later
still
on a trip away, my father asleep near
me,
In the middle of the night I hear
again, again – the howling, the
howling.
And
sometimes
I can’t help but
go
and turn the shower up so high,
Collapse and cry and here it comes
the howling, the howling.
It is
the
only sound not from
your throat,
it only comes from your tormented soul,
My God, pray you never hear
that howling, that howling.
Written
by
Kimberly Jess
Dedicated to her beloved brother Frank
Stephen Yazum
who was murdered March 23, 2000
Our
favorite prayer to
recite together***
GOD GRANT ME THE
SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE
THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE, THE COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN, AND THE
WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
You, my sweet
baby
brother always told
me to live life to it's fullest each and everyday.
To Patrick
From his sister
Debbie
D.
LENIERE
A
million
times we've needed
you,
A million times we've cried;
If love alone could have saved
you
You never would have died.
If all the world was ours to give
We would give, yes, and more.
To see you coming up the steps
To hear your voice, to see your
smile,
To sit and talk with you a while.
To see you in the same old way
It would be our fondest day.
A heart of gold stopped beating,
Two eyes closed to rest,
God broke our hearts to prove to
us
He takes only the best.
We miss
you
so
much...........
Your children,Raekwon, Keiayven, La
Shae
Mom,Nana,Ayanna, Jamin, Patrick,
Bettina,
Beverly, Kisha,Jessi
and many friends and family
In Loving
Memory of
Patrick Cooke
My Brother and
True
Friend
When I
must leave you
for a little while
Please do not
grieve
and shed wild tears
And hug your
sorrow to
you through the
years,
But start out
bravely
with a gallant
smile
And for my sake
and in
my name
Live on and do
all
things the same
Feed not your
loneliness on empty days
But fill each
waking
hour in useful ways
Reach out your
hand in
comfort and in
cheer
And I in turn
will
comfort you and hold
you near
And never, never
be
afraid to die
For I am waiting
for
you in the sky!!
Helen
Steiner Rice
Patrick
Cooke's Big Sis
Debbie D
Missing
You
I'll
never forget the
day
My life was
turned
upside down
I couldn't
breathe
I didn't know
what to
say
The tears fell
to the
ground
I wasn't
ready for you
to go
To claim your
place in
heaven
Where the
streets are
paved with gold
Where the river
of
life flows
A place where
life
truly begins
You were
not only my
brother
But my best
friend
A bond no other
could
ever compare
A connection
that can
never be severed
My love for you
will
never end
But the pain runs so deep within
Pouring through
the hole in my heart
A hole that can
never be filled
A place I save
for you
Until we meet
again
In heaven where
we will never be apart
Ever again
Until
then I will keep
you in my dreams
I will hold on
to the
memories
I will never
give up
hope
As hard as it
seems
We will be
together
again
In loving
memory of my
Brother
~Your Brother
Chris~
Chris Cothren
LOST
Its
been a
year since I lost you
Wondering how I could go on
What would I do?
You
were the
one who taught
me
to live and helped me out
But now your gone
How could that be?
Now who
will
teach and love
my boys
Bring laughter to them and
All the joys?
The way
a
grandfather suppose
to do
From the day you got that name
I knew my kids were blessed
Cause their grandfather was you.
But, we
lost
you now
and they miss you so much
for you were their one a father and all
for they had no such.
They'll
meet
up with you some
day
catch up to the lost times they've
spent
alone
hugs and kisses will go on for ever
as they meet up there in their new
home.
love you daddy,
always
Pearl Moreno
"WHERE
TO GO"
Watch
me walk
away,
I am floating today,
I can feel the way,
your words have decayed.
Can you see me here?
The world is very clear,
answers start to appear,
I can see your fear.
Now I know,
where to go,
now I know,
who to show,
your love was,
a friend to me.
my love now,
sets me free.
-GOLDIE
by Michael Goldie-Ryder
1978-1999
YOU
WERE AS
BRIGHT AS THE SUN,
SWEET AS THE FLOWERS.
I'M MISSING YOU KYLE,
BY PASSING HOURS.
SHINING BLUE EYES,
WIDE OPEN SMILE.
THE MEMORIES OF YOU,
OF MY SWEET LITTLE KYLE.
I SAW YOU LYING THERE,
SO PEACEFUL AND CONTENT.
I BEGAN TO CRY,
FOR IN AND OUT OF LIFE YOU WENT.
I CAN STILL REMEMBER,
YOUR VOICE THAT DAY.
SAYING KNEE-KNEE I LOVE YOU,
BUT SLOWLY FADING AWAY.
ITS HARD WITH YOU NOT HERE,
US BEING SO FAR APART.
BUT YOUR KEPT CLOSE AND NEAR,
ALWAYS IN MY HEART.
YOUR BIRTHDAY IS SOON,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY SWEET KYLE.
I WISH YOU THE STARS AND THE MOON,
AND HUGS AND KISSES WORTH A MILE.
YOUR IN EACH OF MY PRAYERS,
AND EVERY WISH I MAKE.
BEING TAKEN FROM US,
WAS ONE OF GODS MISTAKES.
I LOVE YOU TO DEATH,
I WANT YOU TO KNOW.
NO ONE CAN TAKE YOUR PLACE,
YOUR SPIRIT NEED NOT GO.
I KNOW YOUR IN HEAVEN NOW,
SAFE IN GODS CARE.
GOD MADE YOU A GUARDIAN ANGEL,
UNTIL MOM AND ME GET THERE.
DEDICATED TO MY 3YR OLD BROTHER:K.J.
MISS YOU BUNCHES,LOVE BIG SISTER
TIFFANY
So
Young
So Young! So Young!
Your life's blood spilled
On ground uncaring, cold.
So Young! So Young!
To have been killed
Such evil life unfolds.
So
young!
Could not be long ago
In mother's arms you lay
So trusting as all babies know
That fathers love will stay.
So
young!
Could be just
yesterday
With family and friends,
In childhood you would run and play
Such faith as life begins!
So
young! So
little time to
learn
From problems and mistakes
So little time life's joys to earn,
When young life evil takes.
So
young! So
young!
In grief and pain
We see you lifeless lie.
So Young! So Young!
With grief and pain
We have to say good-bye.
In
Loving
Memory of our
daughter Tracy
Murdered 11/1/91
Your Memory Will Always be with us!
Love Mom , Dad, Stacy
Samantha
Rhodes Murdered at the
age of 12
08/04/1985 -- 03/24/1998
Poem written by mom:Brenda Bratton
“ I
Must Let
You Go”
I go to
sleep
each night and
you’re not tucked in your bed, Morning comes and you’re not here, I
listen for your voice, not one word is said. I began my day missing
you, not knowing what to say or do. I look into the mirror only to see
sadness upon my face, The day has ended with God’s grace.
Tears
began
as I lay still in
my bed, Thoughts of you tumbling in my head. I weep, until I fall to
sleep. Awaken by the smell of your hair, I see you in a soft white
glare. A beautiful blonde angel comes to my feet, she begins to speak.
Momma, close your eyes for I remain in your memory forever,I’m where I
want to be, no more tears no more fears.I’m safe in the arms of my
farther for he knows how much you cared”. He knows the love we once
shared, So now momma, you must let me go. My dear little girl,
"Remember me" as you walk the streets of gold, I knew you were chosen
to be my guardian angel, as he once chose you to be my little
girl.
"Samantha, the
little girl
I must let
go."
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