along the path not taken?

Whose unseen hand has sown the seeds

that make these hills awaken?

Who sends the rain in Summer

to make the poppies grow,

Then keeps their birth a secret

from the villagers below?

Whose flowers are these within the woods

where few have dared to trod,

Unseen throughout the ages

known only unto God?

with such beauty all around us,

I wonder what I'll see

In God's celestial gardens

when Angels come for me?

(Written By:Clay Harrison)

--anonymous

Your wee little body, so perfect in form,
fights sleep as I hold you up near,
I lay you back down in your cradle, so warm,
as I leave, your laughter I hear.

Are there angels above you,
to comfort and love you,
to talk of your time before birth?
Are they coaxing your smile,
and for just a short while...
does the veil lift 'tween Heaven and earth?

I've little to offer, my feverish one,
to ease the discomfort you feel.
Your voice growing hoarser, your protest not done,
your illness I wish I could heal.

Then wonder of wonders, you silence your crises,
for something has lessened your plight;
Just what do you see as you look towards the skies,
with your little eyes shining so bright.
Are there angels above you, to comfort and love you,
to talk of your time before birth?
Are they coaxing your smile,
and for just a short while...
does the veil lift 'tween Heaven and earth?

I stop by your room on the way to my bed,
your innocent presence so sweet;
Your 3 o'clock feeding I guiltily dread,
and I yearn for a night's rest complete.

I wake in the morning, my sleep undisturbed,
my body now much less fatigued;
In your room you are cooing to one unobserved,
and I find myself growing intrigued.

Are there angels above you, to comfort and love you,
to talk of your time before birth?
Are they coaxing your smile, and for just a short while...
does the veil lift 'tween Heaven and earth?

A still small voice whispers, "My child, can you doubt,
that your baby left loved ones above?
Your little one feels of their presence about,
and basks in their comfort and love."

There are angels above you, to comfort and love you.
to talk of your time before birth.
They are coaxing your smile, and for just a short while
... the veil lifts 'tween Heaven and earth.

Teri Kramer

Could they but speak from memory
They'd tell us many things
And we'd rejoice forever

But then their thoughts and memories
Are blotted out from we
Who'd learn from little babies
The truths our eyes can't see.

That way our Father helps us
To learn from time to time
A little bit of Heaven's truth
As each new step we climb.

Babies are a blessing
Of light and truth divine
Sent forth with Father's blessing
To make our world shine.

And we, His mortal counterparts,
Receive eternal Joy
As we behold His radiance
In every girl and boy.

(source unknown)