Barbara Kaplan poem for Jonathan

Gone But Not Forgotten 9/11/09


Gone, but not forgotten,
Loved ones led away;
Remembered, for all time,
Cherished, still, each day:

In children as they grow,
In treasures left behind,
In memories that stay
Etched, deep into the mind.

We love them, we miss them.
They cannot be replaced.
We hold them near, eyes closed,
Envisioning that face.

The smile we so cherished,
The twinkling of an eye,
Leaving us to ponder;
Mourners, asking why?

The questions go unanswered.
Perhaps we cannot choose,
The time, the place, and who,
We are about to lose,

We’re simply left to share
The goodness the dispersed,
When they walked among us,
And cast their joy on earth.

And this, perhaps, the gift:
We’re blessed in our despair.
For if we look around us,
Their light shines everywhere!