The epitome of beauty
the softness of her face
Her smile so tender and loving
has gone to another place ~
Her breath in the wind
like the touch of her hand
Is now just a memory
one can't understand.

Tributes in flowers
but pain in the heart
Of those left behind
so torn apart ~
By the loss of an angel
of beauty and love;
She's been given her wings
to fly to heaven above.

Grieve for her memory
now that she's gone
Into the heavens
to a new life beyond ~
Her beauty and splendor
a memory to hold
When walking together
on the streets made of gold.

A mantle of pictures
that behold her face
Smiling with a love
that can't be replaced ~
He grieves for his memories
the love of his life,
She was his best friend,
and his loving wife.

Though she has gone
her beauty remains
In the breath of new life
of a baby again ~
In this precious gift
she gave him a part
Of the beauty she'd born
within her heart.

He can still see her love
within the eyes
Of the daughter they bore,
and her voice in its cries ~
Her final gift to him
as she closed her eyes;
The arms of this angel
grew wings to fly.

Gone is the beauty
that gave breath to the wind
In the arms of an angel
she now rests in ~
But her memory lives on
and the peace that remains
Is the breath of that angel
in a new life again.

©  Christina
21st September, 2002

"Another poem inspired by a movie ~ the 1996 English movie "Jack and Sarah".  This is a sad tale of a man who loses his wife, whilst giving birth to their daughter.  And though he has lost his lover, his friend, his confidante, companion and wife, he has gained a new life through her....and in their baby daughter, he sees his wife.   In her eyes, in her smile and in her beauty.   Though she would never replace his wife, she is but a precious gift, given by an angel of beauty and of love.  There's a saying that goes something like "When one life ends, so another begins".  And though her life has come to an end, she now rests in the arms of an angel....for her work is done."