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For Children's Memorial Day December 12 We light these candles in the winternight Reminding our world of grief and loss. We are a part of love, in tender league With grievers everywhere a part of us. A slow and shiny dance of candlelight Now makes its way from hand to loving hand For children who were once by our side But have their home now in another land The chain of candles sends its gentle glow Around the planet as the hours pass And every candle carries joyful tears, A song of light to celebrate what was. The children are with us, a friendly band, They know the meaning of these candles best They hear the love, they see the message move Around the world, alive from east to west. Let our candlelight remind the world That all the children who have left this life And all the children who are with us now are kindred spirits when they first arrive. And as the candlelight sends forth its glow 'cross artificial borders man invents, let our children say again " we know that peace on earth must be what life intends." Now in the sky, the peaceful stars behold Not only what we do, but what we mean -- Be our memories new or scarred and old, The stars will not forget what they have seen. We light these candles in the winternight Reminding our world of grief and loss. We are a part of love, in tender league With grievers everywhere a part of us. By sascha - © 1999 |
