"There She Will Stay"

A dear friend is missing

You carry such pain

Your tears have been falling

Like hard heavy rain

My words will not cover

The way that you feel

For your pain and sorrow

And suffering are real

Remember with pleasure

Her love and her care

The moments of laughter

The good times you'd share

Her life time of treasures

Her boxes of joy

Her stories, her memories

You got to enjoy

You'll carry her always

She's not far away

In your heart she's resting

And there she will stay.

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1-1-07 Lura's older friend Polly died and Lura is hurting and missing her. They have been close for years since Lura's kids were little. I know she will miss Polly so much. I wish I could take away how she is feeling.

"What Kind of Message"

We live, we die, life travels

Onward through each day

Always moving forward

With each breath we pay

Years ahead receding

Those behind to grow

Onward ever onward

Lifetimes thus will flow

We live each day with pleasure

Of live each day with pain

Onward ever onward

Through what years remain

Years though past or present

Speak of what we've done

Does our every action

Tell of battles won?

Will the years remaining

Speak of where we've been?

What will be their message

We to others send?

Gaze upon the passage

Of the years behind

Just what kind of message

Will there, others find?

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12-28-06 I have shingles with pain and for some reason thinking of life in the "whole" sense. The past, present and future of it all.

"Wrath"

Be swift about hearing

And slow about wrath

For wrath leads to heartache

With evil its path

The angry expression

Today we declare

Tomorrow with effort

We'll have to repair

Thus wrath is a shadow

With pain at its core

Can we from such anger

A friendship restore?

Though it is a struggle

And effort tis true

Remember the friendships

Your tongue can undo

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12-08-06 about James 1:19-20 this scripture was used in one of the talks in the school last night and I went into rhyme over it.