The Faithful and the True Love lives beyond/ The tomb, the earth, which fades like dew!/ I love the fond,/ The faithful, and the true./ Love lives in sleep/ The happiness of healthy dreams:/ Eve's dews may weep,/ But love delightful seems./ 'Tis seen in flowers,/ And in morning pearly dew;/ In earth's green hours./ And in heaven's eternal blue./ 'Tis heard in spring/ When light and sunbeams, warm and kind,/ On angel's wing/ Bring love and music to the mind/ And where is voice,/ So young, so beautiful, so sweet/ As nature's choice,/ Where spring and lovers meet?/ Love lives beyond/ The tomb, the earth, the flowers, and dew/ I love the fond,/ The faithful, young, and true. ~~~John Clare

Life is a story book/ And with the dawning light/ God gives to each of us/ A clean page to write./ Each year a chapter ends/ And all we've written there/ Can never be erased,/ So let us write with care/ Then write great words and deeds,/ Not hate or theft or bribery,/ That all we write may be/ Fit for heaven's great library. ~~~Author Unknown

Acts of kindness warm the heart, soothe the soul, and make the world turn more gently. ~~~Author Unknown

We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. ~~~Anton Chekhov

Love is indestructible,/ Its holy flame forever burneth;/ From Heaven it came,/ To Heaven returneth. ~~~Robert Southey

True beauty shines from the soul and warms the world with its kindness, compassion, and integrity. ~~~Author Unknown

Falling apart day by day/ My life slowly distructs/ It matters not what they say/ Times are hard and life is bitter/ Nothing seems right for me/ But I'm no quitter/ It's been so long since the words/ I Love You were said/ But those words remain alive,/ Blaring in my head/ Thoughts of alienation whisper in my ears/ I sit up lonely in bed,/ And try to drown in my tears/ Worthlessness is me but I'm/ Tired of being a fool/ Listening to the lies they tell about me/ With them thinking they rule/ Voices in my head tell me to look away/ It's nothing I need to see/ Just my life dying day by day. ~~~Michael Barton

Should You Go FirstShould you go first and I remain/To walk the road alone,/I'll live in memory's garden, dear,/With happy days we've known./In Spring I'll watch for roses red/When fades lilac blue,/In early Fall when brown leaves call/I'll catch a glimpse of you./ Should you go first and I remain/For battles to be fought,/Each thing you've touched along the way/Will be a hallowed spot./I'll hear your voice, I'll see your smile,/Though blindly I may grope,/The memory of your helping hand/Will buoy me on with hope./ Should you go first and I remain/To finish with the scroll,/No length'ning shadows shall creep in/To make this life seem droll./We've known so much happiness,/We've had our cup of joy/And memory is one gift of God/That death cannot destroy./ Should you go first and I remain/One thing I'd have you do;/Walk slowly down that long, lone path,/For soon I'll follow you./I'll want to know each step you take/That I may walk the same./For someday, down that lonely road,/You'll hear me call your name. ~~~Albert Rowswell

We cannot part with our friends; we cannot let our angels go. ~~~Ralph Waldo Emerson

God has made many doors opening into truth which He opens to all who knock upon them with hands of faith. ~~~Kahlil Gibran

In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for thou alone, O Lord, makest me dwell in safety. ~~~Psalm 4:8