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Open Poetry #34

Living Legacy

El_Campeador
Senior Member

since 2003-01-29

Posts 761
Ohio, USA

0 posted 2005-02-08 06:21 PM

Sadly, I didn't have the joy of knowing Rebecca. But seeing her legacy live on in all of you reminded me of this poem. I hope it may be an encouragement to you all...

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We could erect a monument
To shout of all the deeds you’ve done,
And yet the loudest trumpet blast
Could not pronounce what all you’ve meant
As fully as a heart-based one
Whose words of love are unsurpassed—

No book can tell the story spoken
By words of friendship on our souls;
No painting captures all the traits;
Our lives today are greater tokens
Of all the ways we’ve reached our goals
Than any feature we relate—

The legacy you left behind
Will shout of all the deeds you’ve done,
Far more than any we contrive;
In love we will as brothers bind,
In faith we’ll glow like burning suns—
This is your legacy alive.

“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” –Robert Louis Stevenson

the_loner_23
Member Ascendant

since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

1 posted 2005-02-08 06:23 PM

This is an awesome tribute.

Cold hands means a warm heart

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

2 posted 2005-02-09 10:28 AM

thank you for this

Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

3 posted 2005-02-09 10:42 AM

BEAUTIFUL....

saved_by_grace
Member

since 2005-01-08

Posts 332
In the arms of God...

4 posted 2005-02-09 11:58 PM

This was VERY beautiful, Benjamin!! Thank you for sharing with us!!!

Hugs,

Becka

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