Yours the smile I will keep
child of innocence you shared
Voices echo stillness here
as all of life has cared
Love was free for us to give
and sacred trust remains
Faith gave to us a moment here
and now the memory refrains
The morning of the kiss you gave
Lingers there your last goodbye
I’ll love you always still you’ll see
with every tear that fills my eye
Your lullabies will always be
a sweet refrain of moments when
I held your tiny hand in mine
and laughter filled the air again
Your smiles will live here on and on
long into my winter days
Before a score of Angels came
and carried you away
Into a better place beyond
the shadows cast long here below
I see you play in crystal gardens
and this I truly know;
Love has brought you home again
as sure as Love brought you to be
A light within our life and home
and now has set you free
And every night a prayer to heaven
in quiet I will call your name
Until the blessed day will come
and there I hold you once again …
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grandfathersky 
beyond the sadness you brought the beauty of remembering …
to hold in hearts forever until…..
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Thank you – the sadness is great, but the hope is everlasting …
This is so heartfelt…so fitting for these times. Thank you for sharing
Thank you for taking a moment to share your thoughts ….
Oh, just beautiful, Peter….this is a perfect offering for “now” and always filled with truth and comfort and Love.
Linda – Thank you, I see you have felt the spirit of these words. Much love, Peter
Grandfather Sky,
Thank you for this. It touches my heart deeply and gives me hope.
Thank you – as a parent myself it was difficult to write, yet seemed appropriate to be written in the first person …
Sky, easily the best poem I have ever read! I have suffered the loss of two young sons, and your poem was a sweet serenade which made me happily shed tears! Beautifully done, i love the whole of what your heart and spirit has shared…God bless always my friend!
Wendell – I cannot imagine the depth of your loss … In writing this I wanted to capture what I had seen on news, yet offer a feeling of hope through everlasting love … Thank you, and blessings for the holidays and in the New Year
O’ Peter this is painfully beautiful… you’ve knocked my mind with “Tears in Heaven”; Clapton’s grieving his Little Conor…
Love & Light
Mira – this was so difficult to write, many tears after listening to the parents stories … Blessing to you for the holidays …Love and Light Always …
Beautiful.