Guess you could say my mood is pensive
Deeply lost in thoughts of home
While looking forward to seeing loved ones
At the family reunion to come
It's been several years since the last one
Many changes have taken place
Welcoming several new members
Missing those who have lost the race
Cheryl went to Heaven just a year ago
Wounding my soul to its very core
I can see her laughing and having fun
In that Red Wings jersey she wore
When my dearest Luke took his final breath
The light in me no longer glowed
Lena left us in two-thousand and three
And dear Virginia just a month ago
We'll pick and grin and talk and laugh
So the Kentucky mountains can hear it
Thinking of those who are now at rest
Knowing they'll be there in spirit
Taking pictures and telling old tales
Storing up memories so sweet
Dreading the time when we all have to go
For it might be the last time we meet
The days will pass and all too soon
We will tearfully say good-bye
Keeping our loved ones close to our hearts
Till that reunion in the sky
Kathleen McCoy Eldridge
©June 13, 2014
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Elizabeth Ann (Beth) McCoy died January 7, 2017.
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