IN LOVING MEMORY OF FIONA
I LONG TO TOUCH YOUR GOLDEN HEAD,
SLEEPING GENTLY ON MY BED
YOU ARE NO LONGER EARTHLY BOUND,
HEAVENLY PEACE YOU NOW HAVE FOUND
THERE IS A CROWN UPON YOUR HEAD,
FROM THIS EARTH YOU WERE LOVINGLY LeD
LOYAL COMPANION, FAITHFUL FRIEND,
YOU KNEW I’D LOVE YOU TO THE END
YOU WERE MY BEAUTIFUL LIONESS,
THE JOY YOU BROUGHT, I CAN’T TRULY EXPRESS,
TWELVE YEARS AGO YOU CAME TO PLAY
OUR SOULS WERE ENTWINED THAT FATEFUL DAY
WE KNEW YOU’D FOUND YOUR FOREVER HOME,
NEVER AGAIN ALONE TO ROAM
MY BEST FRIEND THROUGH THE HARDEST TIMES,
YOUR PRESENCE GAVE ME PEACE OF MIND
THE SMILE YOU WORE ON YOUR SWEET FACE,
FROM MY HEART CAN NEVER BE ERASED
YOU GIFTED ME WITH YOUR SWEET LOVE,
WHICH NOW RAINS DOWN FROM HEAVEN ABOVE
YOU ARE IN YOUR ETERNAL HOME,
CHEWING A CELESTIAL BONE
IT WAS MY TURN TO PAY YOU BACK,
THOUGH THE COURAGE I THOUGHT I’D SURELY LACK
I LOOKED UPON YOUR WEARY FACE,
AND KNEW YOU’D EARNED GOD’S ETERNAL GRACE
YOU WERE GUIDED BY A GENTLE HAND,
ACROSS THE BRIDGE TO ANOTHER LAND
MY FINAL GIFT, IT BROKE MY HEART,
FROM THERE YOU NEVER WILL DEPART
DARLING FIONA, PLEASE REMEMBER TO BE,
AT THE BRIDGE WAITING FOR ME
CHERYL A. WYATT
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
FIONA
FEBRUARY 20, 2013
