Poetry

By Wendy

The Eagle Cries

Remembering September 11, 2001

Angels fly me to the site
Where they toil by day and night
So that I might stand with them
And show allegiance to the end

Let me hear the deafening sound
Of silence there beneath the mound
Let me feel the deadly still
That shakes the ground but not the will

Show me where the structures fell
Yet loom so large they still impel
Each brave soul in peril there
To not give up to not despair

Angels guard the flag that waves
Above the weary and the brave
Keep them safe and give them hope
Be with those who now must cope

Let them know you won't forsake
And that the Giant is awake
Whisper that the Eagle cries
But despite his tears he soars and flies

Wendy Remy-Lanning

Angie's Garden

I watched her pick up spade and seed.
I gave her light to see.
A gentle gardener in the sun
Was trusting now in Me.

She knew I'd tend her garden.
Her faith in Me was strong.
I sent the rain and butterflies.
The darkness, then the dawn.

What grew in Angie's garden
Was more than she could know
That summer's night I said to her,
"It's time for us to go."

As she took My hand I whispered,
"Your work here now is done.
And Angie, I want you to meet.
My one and only Son."

What grows in Angie's garden
Is bounty far above
What ever she imagined...
For she'd planted seeds of love.

Wendy Remy-Lanning

Angie's Child

Look at you so fair and sweet
So loving and so kind.
Always there to comfort
Always to remind,

That life is one big circle
And that it has no end.
We never really leave here,
For we always live again.

We always live in someone's heart
No matter where we go.
And that is something, sweetheart,
I wanted you to know.

You have a special angel.
She'll never go away.
She'll be right there beside you,
Every heart beat every day.

If ever you feel lonely,
If ever you despair,
Reach out and touch your angel,
Your mom is always there.

Wendy Remy-Lanning

Did You Ever Kiss A Snowman?

Did you ever kiss a snowman?
Make angels in the snow?
Or fly a kite as high as
Any kite could ever go?

Did you believe that wishes,
Came true without a doubt
If every birthday candle,
With one breath would all go out?

Did you ever tell your secrets,
To the man up in the moon?
Or lay awake on Christmas Eve,
For Santa'd be there soon?

To have the magic of those days,
Once more would bring such joy.
To put aside the grown up things,
And be a girl or boy.

If childhood seems forgotten,
There's something you must do.
Go out and kiss a snowman,
It will all come back to you.

Wendy Remy-Lanning

The Fabric of My Life

How long has it been now?
How many years?
How much laughter?
How many tears?

It would be easier to separate
the stars from the heavens
or the fish from the sea
than to separate you from me.

We are like a warm cozy quilt
sewn with threads of happiness and strife.
So closely stitched together are we,
that you have become, the fabric of my life.

Wendy Remy-Lanning

It Looks Like Rain

This will be a glorious day
I'll take a little time to pray
I'll smell the roses on my way
And watch the children as they play

I'll smile at strangers passing by
I'll give my best to all I try
I'll learn to truly understand
And thus enjoy my fellow man

I'll walk in sunshine.
Light the moon,
I'll sit in a park
This day at noon.

I'll be the best I can be today.
And comfort those in pain,
Or wait until tomorrow for...
Just now, it looks like rain

Wendy Remy-Lanning

Justice

Perhaps I have been blindfolded too long now.
I need to see what tips the scales.
For no one can imagine what fills the cups
If one cannot even see the vessels.

In clay and granite I have been cast
In the image of a woman,
Though a woman would look beyond any cloister
To see that all is divided evenly.

This day, should my blindfold fall
Would I see true justice as the result?
Or would I judge on superficialities?
Not if as depicted; a woman.

I divide bread equally among my children.
I love each as much as the other.
I overlook much to see perfection.
I see justice with just eyes, if you let me see.

Wendy Remy-Lanning

The Child Within

The child within
has a daily chore.
It is up to her to remind
me to take simple pleasure
in the world around me,
find joy in each new day,
and to remember the Father.

She must remind me how to love,
and share, and how to pray.
She must remind me that success
is measured not so much in what
I've done, but in what I do for others.

The child within
must remind me that growing up
does not mean growing old.
She reminds me constantly
that we are only really as old,
as the child within.

Wendy Remy-Lanning

The Planter's Tree

Where once were many
Now stands one
Alone beneath
The summer sun

Branches stretching
Up to God
Roots beneath
The new tilled sod

Giving rest to
Those who toil
Shading he
Who works the soil

When summer's leaf
Has silver turned
My daily bread
Has last been earned

Lay me where
I long to be
There beneath
The Planter's Tree

Wendy Remy-Lanning

"Through It All"

I never expected to say goodbye so soon.
Hello was barely spoken when
One day you were in my arms
And the next, in the arms of God.

Why you were taken, is not for me to wonder.
How you were taken, leaves me with questions.
Is there something I should have done...
Something I left unsaid?

I never knew, really, what it meant,
When told, "nothing is cast in stone"
Until, that is, I saw it cast in stone.

Through it all, I kept the faith.
Even the day, I did see it, cast in stone.
Your name, your birth date, all that was you.
I kept the faith my dearest, through it all.

Wendy Remy-Lanning

When Someday Came

"When?", I asked.

"When can I be on my own, to
do as I please and not have
to listen to you?"
She would answer softly,
"Someday."

I would stomp away. My
childishness more evident
to her than I could imagine
in all my teenage wisdom.

When someday came, and I had
grown, I still listened
to her. Because I could hear
her words come from my own mouth.

"When?", they would ask. I would softly say,
"Someday."

Wendy Remy-Lanning

The Leap of Faith

Today, I will trust someone.
I will do that because I can.
I will do that because I should.
I will do that because I must.
Tomorrow, I will have taken that leap.
I will not regret what I have done.
I will not look back.
I will only look ahead.
Now, is the time to take that leap.
I will trust so I am trusted.
I will believe so I am believed.
I will love so I am loved.
Never, will I second guess my leap of faith.

Wendy Remy-Lanning

I Lost A Little Someone

I lost a little someone.
I wish that I could find.
Somehow I have misplaced a child,
lost in the daily grind.

If somewhere in your travels,
you find a little girl,
who thinks in every oyster,
there is a lovely pearl.

Please take her gently by the hand,
and lead her back to me.
You'll know her by her pigtails,
bruised elbows and skinned knees.

She still believes in Santa Claus,
thinks stars are diamonds bright.
She's not too tired to say her prayers,
before she sleeps at night.

I don't know how I lost her,
or where that child could be.
Adulthood came and she was gone,
the child who once was me.

Wendy S. Remy-Lanning

For My Mother On Her Birthday

The first thing I remember,
Is your gentle loving touch.
I love you with each part of me,
I hope you know how much.

I hear your voice each time I speak,
I see your face in mine,
We're bonded for eternity,
With love that knows no time.

You overlooked my childish ways,
and helped me to be strong.
You always stood beside me,
helped me right what I'd done wrong.

You never lost your faith in me.
You gave my friends a home.
I knew you were beside me, so
I never felt alone.

To wish you happy birthday,
Is something I can do,
But more, I'd like to thank the Lord,
For giving me to you.

Wendy S. Remy-Lanning

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The Eagle Cries

Angie's Garden

Angie's Child

Did You Ever Kiss A Snowman?

The Fabric of My Life

It Looks Like Rain

Justice

The Child Within

The Planter's Tree

Two More Stars

"Through It All"

When Someday Came

The Leap of Faith

I Lost A Little Someone

For My Mother On Her Birthday