Yes, I miss you, yes, I do,<\/p>\n
All the time \u2013 time that flew<\/p>\n
Away like a butterfly<\/p>\n
On a warm summer\u2019s day<\/p>\n
As children in the neighborhood play.<\/p>\n
That demon monster it killed you<\/p>\n
You died before the time was true.<\/p>\n
Beautiful and gentle goddess,<\/p>\n
An Irish Rose who came and went<\/p>\n
A lovely lady – heaven sent.<\/p>\n
In middle school, in high school,<\/p>\n
Our young garden bloomed<\/p>\n
Cherished, cultivated and nurtured.<\/p>\n
Seeds joyfully sown year and again.<\/p>\n
My dear close friend.<\/p>\n
Taught others by her example.<\/p>\n
My pagan beliefs she did not trample<\/p>\n
Unjudged yet foreign to her own.<\/p>\n
I – a silent witness though not alone<\/p>\n
To her own testimony to God.<\/p>\n
Unwritten was her ending.<\/p>\n
Roar \u2013 growl \u2013 snarling –<\/p>\n
Silently hidden in the shadows<\/p>\n
Every bump heard in the night<\/p>\n
Another demon monster\u2019s might.<\/p>\n
A shillelagh, a shillelagh,<\/p>\n
Hitting hard the monster\u2019s head,<\/p>\n
Hit until the demon is dead.<\/p>\n
Dead enough she knows he\u2019s not,<\/p>\n
Resurrection is what he sought.<\/p>\n
I have long lived with the fear,<\/p>\n
Of the impending gloomy year,<\/p>\n
When your chalice spills upon the ground<\/p>\n
As that demon monster collected his due,<\/p>\n
And comes to drain the spirit from you.<\/p>\n
Sister, you were brave unto the end,<\/p>\n
God\u2019s silent angel, my dearest friend,<\/p>\n
Merry part \u2013 until we meet again.<\/p>\n
As life comes full circle \u2013 \u2018round it goes,<\/p>\n
When will we meet, no one truly knows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For Erin (12\/8\/69-9\/18\/11) Yes, I miss you, yes, I do, All the time \u2013 time that flew Away like a butterfly On a warm summer\u2019s day As children in the neighborhood play. That demon monster it killed you You died before the time was true. Beautiful and gentle goddess, An Irish Rose who came and went A lovely lady – heaven sent. In middle school, in high school, Our young garden bloomed Cherished, cultivated and nurtured. Seeds joyfully sown year and again. My dear close friend. Taught others by her example. My pagan beliefs she did not trample Unjudged yet foreign to her own. I – a silent witness though not alone To her own testimony to God. Unwritten was her ending. Roar \u2013 growl \u2013 snarling – Silently hidden in the shadows Every bump heard in the night Another demon monster\u2019s might. A shillelagh, a shillelagh, Hitting hard the monster\u2019s head, Hit until the demon is dead. Dead enough she knows he\u2019s not, Resurrection is what he sought. I have long lived with the fear, Of the impending gloomy year, When your chalice spills upon the ground As that demon monster collected his due, And comes to drain the spirit from you. Sister, you were brave unto the end, God\u2019s silent angel, my dearest friend, Merry part \u2013 until we meet again. As life comes full circle \u2013 \u2018round it goes, When will we meet, no one truly knows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5876"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5737,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876\/revisions\/5737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}