Strength and Courage

Strength and Courage
Author: Sylvia Kelly

It takes strength to be certain,
It takes courage to have doubts.

It takes strength to fit in,

It takes courage to stand out.

It takes strength to share a friend's pain,

It takes courage to feel your own pain.

It takes strength to hide your own pain,

It takes courage to show it and deal with it.

It takes strength to stand guard,

It takes courage to let down your guard.

It takes strength to conquer,

It takes courage to surrender.

It takes strength to endure abuse,

It takes courage to stop it.

It takes strength to stand alone,

It takes courage to lean on a friend.

It takes strength to love,

It takes courage to be loved.

It takes strength to survive,

It takes courage to live.

An Angel Never dies

An Angel Never Dies

Don't let them say I wasn't born,

That something stopped my heart

I felt each tender squeeze you gave,

I loved you from the start.

Although my body you can't hold,

It doesn't mean I'm gone,

This world was worthy not of me,

God chose that I move on.

I know the pain that drowns your soul,

What you are forced to face.

You''ll have my word, I'll fill your arms,

Someday we will embrace.

You'll hear that it 'was meant to be,

God doesn't make mistakes,

But that won't soften your worst blow,

Or make your heart not ache.

I'm watching over all you do,

Another child you'll bear,

Believe me when I say to you,

That I am always there.

There will come a time, I promise you

When you will hold my hand,

Stroke my face and kiss my lips,

And you'll understand.

Although I've never breathed your air,

Or gazed into your eyes

That doesn't mean I never 'was'

An angel never dies.

posted by Michelley to the BBC Fullterm thread 12/27/07 poem was given to her by a family that lost their son