Trees & Other Poems: Candles That Burn (Paperback)

~ (Author), Aline M. Kilmer (Author)

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 'YOU ARE MORE BLESSED" "YOU ARE MORE BLESSED" You are more blessed than other babies are: Your shining eyes grow brighter every day With radiance that reminds me of the star That showed where Jesus lay. I like to think that you are set apart, A flower that never sprang from earthly loam, A rose of Heaven that nestles in my heart And dreams about its home. TO A SICK CHILD I would make you cookies But you could not eat them; I would bring you roses But you would not care. In your scornful beauty, Arrogant and patient, Though I'd die to please you You lie silent there. Your once wanton sister Creeps about on tiptoe, And your brother hurries At your slightest nod: Watching at your bedside When you sleep I tremble Lest before you waken You go back to God. "a Wind In The Night" "A WIND IN THE NIGHT" A wind rose in the night, (She had always feared it so!) Sorrow plucked at my heart And I could not help but go. Softly I went and stood By her door at the end of the hall. Dazed with grief I watched The candles flaring and tall. The wind was wailing aloud: I thought how she would have cried For my warm familiar arms And the sense of me by her side. The candles flickered and leapt, The shadows jumped on the wall. She lay before me small and still And did not care at all. "WHEN YOU HAD BEEN DEAD" When you had been dead a week I entered a shining shop, And there in a neat pink row Lay little dolls made of soap. And I thought, "I will take one home. How she will laugh to see it! How it will bob in her bath And slip through her dripping fingers!" Only a moment I smiled. Only a moment I dreamed it. Then my heart stood still with pain And I went out into the darkne... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Cherokee Publishing Company (GA) (December 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877972672
• ISBN-13: 978-0877972679
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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