My dear little sister,
you grew up right before my eyes;
Your dreams were
promising and ever on the rise.
You were looking to
host my family at your graduation;
Now it will never be,
because of the dreadful separation.
Never did I imagine
that you'd leave this sudden,
Never did I think that
life can make me so sadden.
How I wish your passing
is but a dream,
How I wish I could wake
to find you appear like a sunbeam.
Your struggles to hold
on to dear life still lingers in my mind;
It wrenched my heart to
see you go through, it feels so unkind.
I fought to keep my
tears and prayed for a miracle;
But God's ways are
beyond the empirical.
You were looking
forward to hold your second niece in your arms,
Shower your love and
pray for her to be kept away from harms.
Your older niece Areine
Debbie waits for you to come home,
She won't buy our word
that you've gone on to your heavenly home.
What a year this has
been; a welcome birth and a painful death.
Did God give one to
take one? Yes, he giveth and he taketh.
Strange are the ways of
God; sometimes it hurts to face reality;
Though I do not
understand now, I pray someday I will accept the finality.
Such a brevity of life!
You were just on the threshold of womanhood,
Just about to make a
mark in the neighbourhood.
Who could ignore the
pleasant nature you display?
Your youthful energy
still resonates here in every way.
My heart is contrite;
I'm feel anguished and undone.
But I realize that
doesn't help, now that you're gone.
And a consolation I
find in what God says;
'My
thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways.'
Only God sees my silent
tears and deep sorrow,
In him alone I trust
for a better tomorrow.
Though I regret that
you have parted too early,
I am rest assured that
I'll see you again in heaven eternally.
