memoriam

Memories are Golden”

They say memories are golden.
Well, maybe that is true.
I never wanted memories
I only wanted you.

A million times I needed you,
A million times I cried.
If love alone could have saved you,
You never would have died.

In life I loved you dearly,
In death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a place
No one could ever fill.

If tears could build a stairway,
And heartache make a lane.
I'd walk the path to heaven,
And bring you home again.

Our family chain is broken,
And nothing seems the same.
But as God calls us one by one,
The chain will link again.

Author Unknown

Rainbow Bridge
By the edge of a woods, at the foot of a
hill, is a lush, green meadow where time
stands still.
Where the friends of man and woman do
run, when their time on the earth is over
and done.
For here, between this world and the
next, is a place where each beloved
creature finds rest.
On this golden land, they wait and they
play, till the Rainbow Bridge they cross
over one day.
No more do they suffer, in pain or in
sadness, for here they are whole, their
lives filled with gladness.
Their limbs are restored, their health
renewed, their bodies have healed, with
strength imbued.
They romp through the grass, without
even a care, until one day they start, and
sniff at the air.
All ears prick forward, eyes dart front and
back, then all of a sudden, one breaks
from the pack.
For just at that instant, their eyes have
met; together again, both person and pet.
So they run to each other, these friends
from long past, the time of their parting is
over at last.
The sadness they felt while they were
apart, has turned into joy once more in
each heart.
They embrace with a love that will last
forever, and then, side by side, they
cross over… together.