"FROM
SHARON'S HEART"
POETRY
WRITTEN BY:
~SHARON
JEAN BRYANT~
~POEMS
& STORIES OF INSPIRATION~
~THE
LITTLE BOX~
I was cleaning
out a closet
When I saw
the little box
I gently removed
it from the shelf
And opened
the flowered top
I picked up
the watch that lay there
And held it
in my hands
I gently rubbed
the little shark
That belong
to my little man
I opened up
the "letter"
He'd written
for me on Mother's Day
Tears started
to slide down my face
Thinking of
the day my child went away
I saw the
signature of "Andy"
With the "Y"
written backwards
I smiled as
I remembered our lesson
When he was
learning to write his words
I stared at
the hands on the watch
The little
hands locked in time
For the watch
stopped running
The day God
let me know, "He's Mine."
Tucked in the
corner was a marble
The one he
loved so much
The "cat eye"
I'd given to him
One day when
we had lunch
I touched
the old faded paper
Of a card
he once made me
I saw where
it said, Mom I love you
Forever and
ever.......love me
I think about
forever and ever
And what the
words mean to me
Our love can't
be severed by time
For either
of us, you see
And in the
other corner of the box
Folded and
tied with yarn
Was the picture
he'd given me
The last night
as I held him in my arms
The picture
of a shark he'd drawn
And said,
Mom, don't look at it yet
Put it away
until later
I did, after
his death
That shark
is now engraved
In a stone
on a grave far away
Drawn by a
little five year old
From a request
he made that day
I almost didn't
see
The photo
in the box
Of a time
long ago
Tucked beneath
the special watch
It was one
of him and I
Taken on a
day long ago
With both
our grins so happy
It made my
heart ache so
I slowly put
everything back
And slid the
box back on the shelf
The "memories"
I got today
Are special
to myself
I get out the
box when I'm lonely
Or when I
need to think and smile
It always
helps me to endure
My memories
are always on file
~©SHARON
JEAN BRYANT~
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MEMORY OF ANDREW FRANK DUNBAR~
~AN
ANGEL'S PATH TO HIS MOTHER'S HEART~
~ANGELS
REMEMBERED~
~TANNEHILL
SWEET SHOP~
"IN GOD'S HANDS"
~ANDREW
FRANK DUNBAR~
~GOD'S LITTLEST
ANGELS MEMORIAL SECTION~
~A
TRIBUTE TO ANDY~
~ON THE WINGS
OF ANGELS MEMORIAL SECTION~
