In Loving Memory
of
Fred Reed
(1940-1991)
When someone dies,
a cloud turns into an angel, and flies up to tell God to put another flower
on a
pillow.
A bird gives the message back to the world, and sings a silent prayer that
makes the rain cry.
People disappear,
but they never really go away. The spirits up there put the sun to
bed, wake up
grass, and
spin the earth in dizzy circles. Sometimes you can see them dancing
in a cloud during the
daytime, when
they're supposed to be sleeping. They paint the rainbows and also
the sunsets and make
waves splash and
tug at the tide. They toss shooting stars and listen to wishes.
And when they sing
windsongs,
they whisper to us, don't miss me too much. The view is nice
and I'm doing just fine.
We love you
and miss you very much.