Goodbye

Goodbye

By: Rachel L. Peterson

May 14^th 2011

In memory of two little girls, from China,

 who never made it "home" on this earth,

but finally found their “Forever Home” with Him.

No one celebrated at your arrival,

No one brought balloons or flowers,

Wrapping you all up in cloth,

They didn’t even wait a few hours.

Cast aside to the place of the forgotten,

You were hidden under the shadow of death,

A place no one sees or searches out,

But Someone has brought to you every breath.

Thick walls enclose you all around,

Broken you find your days are few

But the eyes that search the earth can see,

And He knows the name by which He calls you.

Though invisible to your world,

You are not forgotten by He who makes,

For you I’ve prayed and cried the night,

His heart fills mine ‘til it breaks.

I say goodbye to one I never knew,

Weeping for all the grief and pain,

You did not leave this earth unnoticed,

And though gone your memory will remain.

Everyone celebrated your arrival,

Jesus ran to meet you at the open gate,

He has wrapped you up in His loving arms,

Forever home, never again to have to wait!