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Elizabeth
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0 posted 2001-12-06 11:30 PM


(From Open 10)

October wind is blowing
Scattering leaves upon the ground.
On this quiet day
Their rustling is the only sound.
Night-chilled air is warming
A new day has just begun
And the morning sky is lighting
With the rising of the sun.

Crystal tears are flowing down
Like dewdrops of the morn
But hardly they provide relief
From sadness, newly borne.
Crying out, a heavy heart
And torn and broken soul
Are realizing now that they
No longer can be whole.

Tear-filled eyes gaze 'cross the land
And watch the sun arise.
Today, a soul went home to God
And dwells within the skies.
No longer on this mortal earth
He looks down from above
To watch over his family
And guide them with his love.

In Memoriam Flumenis
10-31-00


"You are the one who reaches through the dark
When I'm afraid you warm the air
And when I close my eyes to sleep,
You are my peace, you are my prayer...."
--from "You Are My Home" by Nan Knighton, featured in the Broadway musical The Scarlet Pimpernel


God bless America, my home sweet home.

© Copyright 2001 Elizabeth A. Larson - All Rights Reserved
DarkAngelChelle
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1 posted 2001-12-06 11:35 PM


Beauty can still live even in the darkest of times.  Even though he has left this world, he has gone on to a better place where he can smile down from the skies and warm his family with his legacy of love.  

~What is cherished most is what must be the hardest fought for.~

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2 posted 2001-12-07 10:37 AM


Yes this is the real homecoming...for all else is temporal and passes very quickly...James
Elizabeth
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3 posted 2001-12-07 03:00 PM


Chelle, thank you for your words....yes, he's still shining down on everyone.

James, you're right, it is the real homecoming. Thank you.

God bless America, my home sweet home.

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