Saturday, March 14, 2009

I Was Not Yours To Keep

I did not write this, but I don't know who to credit. I found this and it was just too beautiful not to snag. It makes me cry.

I was not yours to keep but children never are,
My life and death have touched others and changed you in ways you cannot completely know or understand.
Ripples in the pool spreading,
my life and death will enrich your life,
pain and loss are not my only legacy.

Weep for i am worth every tear, each worth more than gold.
A gift of love from you to me, and many die with no one to weep for them.
But do not weep for my sake.

Know and remember,
I never once was touched by fear, i never was afraid,
i never felt the cold, not once, nor hunger pains
and never, never was alone,
you were with me always.

You gave me chance to be and now i have a spirit and a soul that can never be lost.
To you the days were few, to me a lifetime.
A week to a child is a month or more.
To me the days were long, with all my needs supplied by you.
Till time came to move on to better things.
Leaving you to pay the higher price.
Sometimes living is harder than dying.

So weep to heal yourself, you will never be the same,
allow my life to touch your heart and you will grow.
Learn from me that life is always precious and today is all we have.
Learn to love others today not tommorrow,
maybe tommorrow they are gone or we are gone.

Learn this and my life has had purpose and my death, meaning.

I will be forever safe in your heart.

RIP baby Rachael Leigh
Born into the arms of Jesus September 12, 2008
Due to be born on Earth March 26, 2009
Love and miss you always Mommy and big brothers

1 comment:

  1. (((HUGS))) its beautiful. Though I do know Peg she is yours to keep. Jesus is holding her till you get there to hold and raise her just like you did your boys. She still is yours, and shes waiting.
    Heather

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