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TITLE: Mama loved angels By Rhonda McKissack 01/18/07 |
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I wrote this the day of her funeral and my sister read it to everyone. I find comfort in the fact that she got to see the real thing and that they carried her to Jesus.
MAMA LOVED ANGELS
IT WAS CLEAR TO SEE
FOR MANY YEARS SHE COLLECTED THEM
FOR HER CHRISTMAS TREE
BY THE NUMBERS THEY GREW
SOME WERE BIG, SOME WERE SMALL
THERE WERE WHITE ONES AND PINK ONES
AND SHE LOVED THEM ALL
FRIENDS AND FAMILY
BOUGHT ANGELS GALOLRE
THEY KNEW HOW MUCH SHE LOVED THEM
SHE ALWAYS WANTED MORE
THEY SAT ON HER TABLES
AND SHELFS THROUGH HER HOME
SOME SAT ON HER FRONT PORCH
SOME RIGHT BY HER PHONE
MAMA HAS LEFT US
ANGELS CARRIED HER AWAY
TO BE WITH JESUS IN HEAVEN
AND SHE RESTS WITH HIM TODAY
SO WHEN YOU SEE ANGELS
BE ENCOURAGED BY SUCH THINGS
FOR THEY WILL CARRY YOU TO JESUS
WHO WILL BE WAITING IN THE WINGS
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