For Scott
10/17/03

I've reached for words to speak of you 
and tears have over flown 
up from the depths of hidden pain 
and sorrows too well known - 
empty wells wherein I long to hold you tiny hand, 
to see your face and hold you close.  
I cannot understand 
why one so small and innocent, 
my only child, my son, 
should pass from life without a breath, 
without a chance to run 
and play in summer sunshine, or to 
kick through autumn leaves, 
or know the simple pleasure of a 
gentle springtime breeze.  
To share these things and more with you, 
to watch you as you grow, 
to be your Dad, and love you Scott, 
and have a chance to show 
you all the wonders of God's world - 
This was my wish, my dream.  
But now that dream has shattered since 
our loving God did deem 
it best to snip away your thread 
and take you far away 
to be with Him and wait for me 
until that far-off day 
when you and I will once more meet 
to never be apart.  
Perhaps in heaven we can play 
and I can show you part 
of all the things that God has made, 
and you and I can share
the joy of walking hand-in-hand through 
all the wonders there.





 

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