Poems to Heal

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#CC9922" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="260d2962dakdei.gif"> <div> <B>"Remember that you and your wife are partners in receiving God's blessings." </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>~ 1 Peter 3.7 Living Bible </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" ><B>~</B></FONT></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Welcome to AVesselofhonor.com</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >     |    </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome to AVesselofhonor.com"><U> home</U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id115.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="butt prints in the sand"><U>butt prints in the sand</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id117.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="greatest poem ever"><U>greatest poem ever</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How to Start Praying"><U>How to Start Praying</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Memories"><U>Memories</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Firefighters prayer "><U>Firefighter's prayer </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id116.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Celtic Prayers and Blessings "><U>Celtic Prayers and Blessings </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prayers and Poems"><U>Prayers and Poems</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Loneliness"><U>Loneliness</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Forgiveness"><U>Forgiveness</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="When tomorrow starts without me"><U>When tomorrow starts without me</U></A>   |   <B>Poems to Heal</B>   |   <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Poems of Loss"><U>Poems of Loss</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="God said..."><U>God said...</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Final Flight"><U>My Final Flight</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Christmas in heaven"><U>Christmas in heaven</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id66.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mothers"><U>Mothers</U></A></div> <div> Poems to Heal</div> <div> <B>Something To Think About</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> If I knew it would be the last time </div> <div> that I'd see you fall asleep, </div> <div> I would tuck you in more tightly </div> <div> and pray the Lord, your soul to keep. </div> <div> If I knew it would be the last time </div> <div> that I see you walk out the door, </div> <div> I would give you a hug and kiss </div> <div> and call you back for one more. </div> <div> If I knew it would be the last time </div> <div> I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise, </div> <div> I would video tape each action and word, </div> <div> so I could play them back day after day. </div> <div> If I knew it would be the last time, </div> <div> I could spare an extra minute or two </div> <div> to stop and say "I love you," </div> <div> instead of assuming you would KNOW I do </div> <div> If I knew it would be the last time </div> <div> I would be there to share your day, </div> <div> well I'm sure you'll have so many more, </div> <div> so I can let just this one slip away. </div> <div> For surely there's always tomorrow </div> <div> to make up for an oversight, </div> <div> and we always get a second chance </div> <div> to make everything right. </div> <div> There will always be another day </div> <div> to say our "I love you's", </div> <div> And certainly there's another chance </div> <div> to say our "Anything I can do's?" </div> <div> But just in case I might be wrong, </div> <div> and today is all I get, </div> <div> I'd like to say how much I love you </div> <div> and I hope we never forget, </div> <div> Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, </div> <div> young or old alike, </div> <div> And today may be the last chance </div> <div> you get to hold your loved one tight </div> <div> So if you're waiting for tomorrow, </div> <div> Why not do it today? </div> <div> For if tomorrow never comes, </div> <div> you'll surely regret the day, </div> <div> That you didn't take that extra time </div> <div> for a smile, a hug, or a kiss </div> <div> and you were too busy to grant someone, </div> <div> what turned out to be their one last wish. </div> <div> So hold your loved ones close today, </div> <div> and whisper in their ear, </div> <div> that you love them very much and </div> <div> you'll always hold them dear. </div> <div> Take time to say "I'm sorry," "Please forgive me," </div> <div> "thank you," or "its okay". </div> <div> And if tomorrow never comes, </div> <div> you'll have no regrets about today. </div> <div> Send this to all that you consider a friend. Those </div> <div> who you've known for a long time, maybe haven't </div> <div> talked to for a while, and those you have just met. </div> <div> Just to let them know how much you care about them. </div> <div> You never know, you may not see them tomorrow </div> <div> *******************************************<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Love Letter from Heaven </B></div> <div> I am home in Heaven, dear ones; </div> <div> Oh, so happy and so bright! </div> <div> There is perfect joy and beauty </div> <div> In this everlasting light. </div> <div> All the pain and grief is over, </div> <div> Every restless tossing passed; </div> <div> I am now at peace forever, </div> <div> Safely home in Heaven at last. </div> <div> Did you wonder how I so calmly </div> <div> Trod the valley of the shade? </div> <div> Oh! But Jesus' love illumined </div> <div> Every dark and fearful glade. </div> <div> And He came Himself to meet me </div> <div> In that way so hard to tread; </div> <div> And with Jesus' arm to lean on, </div> <div> Could I have one doubt or dread? </div> <div> Then you must not grieve so sorely, </div> <div> For I love you dearly still; </div> <div> Try to look beyond earth's shadows, </div> <div> Pray to trust our Father's Will. </div> <div> There is work still waiting for you, </div> <div> So you must not idly stand; </div> <div> Do it now, while life remaineth... </div> <div> You shall rest in Jesus' land. </div> <div> When that work is all completed, </div> <div> He will gently call you Home; </div> <div> Oh, the rapture of that meeting, </div> <div> Oh, the joy to see you come. </div> <div> -author unknown<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> *******************************************<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>I'M FREE </B></div> <div> Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free. </div> <div> I'm following the path God has laid, you see. </div> <div> I took His hand when I heard His call. </div> <div> I turned my back and left it all. </div> <div> I could not stay another day. </div> <div> To laugh, to love, to walk, or play. </div> <div> Tasks left undone must stay that way. </div> <div> I found the peace at the close of day. </div> <div> If my parting has left a void, then </div> <div> Fill it with remembered joys. </div> <div> A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss, </div> <div> Oh yes, these things, too, I miss. </div> <div> Be not burdened with times of sorrow. </div> <div> I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow. </div> <div> My life's been full, I savor much; </div> <div> Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch. </div> <div> Perhaps my time seemed all too brief, </div> <div> Don't lengthen it now with undue grief. </div> <div> Lift up your heats and peace to thee. GOD wanted me now; </div> <div> HE set me free. ~~Author Unknown </div> <div> *******************************************</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>