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~On The Loss of Children~

Dear God:

please ask the stars

to shine brilliantly tonight ~

For Your Home is new

to my dear child

and this is his first night.

My child hasn't been long gone ~

not long enough to know his

way around ~

not long enough to know

the nooks and crannies

of this hallowed ground

Dear God ~

send a spray of silver stars

blazing through the velvet sky

so that when my darling wakens,

Your presence will be known;

So, he will understand,

that he will never be alone.

© Christina 6-04