I Long for One More Day With You

I long for one more day with you

To see your face, to hold your hand

To hear you laugh again

We would talk and share our memories

Way up into the night

Momma, I just want you to hold me very tight

The minutes turn to hours

The hours turn to days

The weeks go by in such a haze

The months leave me wanting nothing but

To hear your voice again

Or feel your arms around me

As my heart feels such pain

To have had the chance to say goodbye

Might help to ease the pain

All this I could tell you

Should in heaven we meet again

I long for one more day with you

Each and every day

Sheila Crawford Courtney

2003

Right Then He Knew

As I passed him on the street

The stars had said that we shall meet

Of each other we did not know

But fate, her face, she did show

We finally met; I asked “How are you?”

He said right then and there he knew

He would share his life with me

Together forever we would be

I tried not showing the grief I bore

From my painful life before

Then he took me by the hand

I knew then, he was a special man

His wife he wanted me to be

This he asked on bended knee

He did comfort all my pain

And showed me how to love again

We’ve grown to love each other so

Where he goes, I to, shall go

As we are showing signs of age

We know we have only turned a page

Sheila Crawford Courtney

June 2002

Mom  &  Dad

You gave us love unconditionally

Though we repaid with grief and pain

Your love did never waiver

You gave it again and again.

You gave us strength and courage

Though we sometimes failed and cowered

You were there to pick us up again

Encouragement you always showered.

You taught us right from wrong

Though we tried to bend the rules

You would show us the lesson learned

Ere we grew up to be fools.

Through us your compassion grows

And will never fade away

When you are gone and leave this world

It will live through us each passing day.

Sheila Crawford Courtney

4/15/2002

They  Were  Wrong

God watched as we were joined together

Our lives fusing into one

Ending as quickly as it had begun

Some thought we should not be

But they did not understand

How much love you had for me

And why, in love, I took your hand

Our souls seemed to be entwined

Our hearts beat as one

Oh, how we were so blind

To think we could go on

A force much greater than our own

Seemed to pull and tug so strong

We never had the chance

To prove that they were wrong

And now it will never be

For fate has kept us apart

But if you ever think of me

Know that you are in my heart

Sheila Crawford Courtney

6/10/2002

My Little One

You would steal into my life

Unexpected or not, to capture my heart

My little one

Those eyes searching my face

For the love you came here for

Those little hands gripping my finger

For the safety you expect from me

Hugging my neck when you are scared

For the comfort only a mother can give

Then, I realize it is you who is giving

My little one

All those things I crave

Love of a child, the safety in it

The comfort that knowing

All is ok with you in my arms

And like so many times before

I awake to find it only a dream once more

The harsh reality that you will never be

My little one

And I grieve……….…again!

Sheila Crawford Courtney

5/1/2002

MR. HUGGINS

We fell behind through the years

We came to class with all our fears

To get ahead, we all knew

Passing this class would get us through

Of math we were so very unsure

But, Mr. Huggins had our cure

You made class fun, we sometimes dallied

You taught the phrase

“Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally”

You added assurance and subtracted doubt

You divided your attention and multiplied it out

Decimals, percents, an exponent or two

Rounding, converting, applied problems, too

We learned our math when class was done

Of all the teachers, Mr. Huggins, you’re number one

Sheila Courtney

7/21/2004