Sorrow

WHY DID YOU HAVE TO LEAVE?

by Jenny

The tears wouldn't stop

When I heard the news.

The pain filled my soul

As you slipped away.



Why did you have to leave?

Why couldn't you stay just a little longer?

I asked God why

But the answer never came.



I prayed you would come back

But I knew you wouldn't.

Why did you have to leave?

Why couldn't your heart get better?



The hurt beat like a drum

When you went to heaven.

The sorrow flowed through my body

When your hands let go.



Why did you have to leave?

Why couldn't you hold on?

I hoped it was only a dream

But I never woke up.



I wished I could bring you back

But it was only a wish.

Why did you have to leave?

Why couldn't God have let you stay?



I will never know the reason

Why God took you away.

The pain may dull as the years pass

But my love will never fade.

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BECAUSE OF YOU

by T. R. Fonio

Because of You I cried today,

Because of You I prayed.

Because of You I cursed my God,

Because He took you away.



Yet I know in fact it wasn't Him,

That let you suffer so.

A God of love and a perfect world,

Would never have let you go.



But Nature is cruel with a streak of mean,

That knows no bounds of age.

She takes the good as well as the bad,

In peace and in fits of rage.



I've seen Her destroy a thousand lives,

With a single swipe of Her glove.

I've watched Her take the only man,

That my Mother had ever loved.



But God is blameless, He can't listen to some,

Disregarding the plea of others.

How could He act on all of our prayers,

Without thinking of His own Blessed Mother.



We've leaned too heavily on spiritual beliefs,

Our thinking must take a new course.

Luck of the draw, right place wrong time,

We're subject to Natural force.



So pray if you must and hope if you will,

But those who surround us are it.

Given to us through fortune and fate,

This may be all that we get.



Because of You my children I held,

And spoke of how much I loved them.

Because of You I kissed my wife,

Knowing my vows are solemn.



Because of You I'll take each day,

Make the most of what it can be.

Because of You I'll try to discover,

The goodness in those nearest me.



Because of You I cried today,

For all of those who have gone .

For all the things I never did say,

I pray that we meet beyond.

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I MISS YOU

By Rena Nelson

I want to cry every night,

because I miss the way we fight.



I pray for you every night,

because I miss you not being in my sight.



I miss the sound of your voice,

that I am sick and tired of all this noise.



I miss the way you smell,

oh that smell.



I miss the look upon your face,

that made me smile with such grace.



I love you so much I can't deny,

for when I see you I will break down and cry.



For when I cry these happy tears, I won't have anymore fears.

You'll be home safe with me,

that I'll be able to sleep.

Oh how I miss you so much.



I'll just have to wait and hope you will, keep in touch.