Ramie's day



Ramie's day

Conceived in covenant.
Formed by mighty hands in the darkness.
A hope for a life
of giggles and smiles, of laughter and joy, story telling,
and wonder.
What joy and wonder as she arrives
Little hands and feet, a smile so sweet.
With pain and sorrow
a troubled heart,
a year, a week, a day or two.
Now she is on streets of gold.
In the nail pierced hands.
No pain or sorrow can touch her now.
She waits with him
for others coming.
A hope for a life
of giggles and smiles, of laughter and joy, story telling,
and wonder.

About this poem

Written after the passing of our daughter 13 days after her first birthday.

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Written on January 17, 1992

Submitted by KellyJay777 on October 31, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme abCDEfghijklmndCDE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 512
Words 103
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18

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  • KellyJay777
    I wrote this to help us go through this time, and I hope it touches others in a good way as well.
    LikeReply2 years ago

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