I have heard mention of you through the echoes of volumes of literature in innumerable libraries collecting time just as the centuries collect years.
People in gathering places… in the streets and in the halls… perhaps the depth of understanding is not felt until theses whispers calm the souls of those who remember you with warmth and affection. You are spoken of in the voices of the elderly as well as the infants.
How can anyone compare the feeling I have for you to that of their own comprehension? You hold mighty esteem in the path of eternity. I do not remember the first touch of your hands and of your arms, but you were the only one in my world that could calm my fear and my pain.
When I was lost, my eyes scanned the faces of the unconcerned to find the one of compassion. When I needed to tell someone I loved them or needed someone to vent my frustrations toward, your forgiving heart filled the air with an unrelenting peace.
Who but you are there to touch… with the prejudice for the one who consoles with you? If I have enemies, you are there by my side. Men have died and have been driven to take the lives of others for your name. In my consciousness and in that of sleep, you are there…
God gave you to man because man could not survive by his own means. Any gift from God is one to be cherished without comparison. Are there not but a few levels of love upon this earth? Some are for eternity… some can be lost and some are for only a fleeting moment. Your love pulls deep at the soul of every man. My juvenile heart was broken and I cried with the void of loneliness… you were there…
Is it true, this bond that starts so early, can grow stronger? Now, in the complex world I travel through, I can stop and feel your love as though I am still nestled in you safety.
The echoes of my thoughts will be louder than that of the rest. I am alone yet I can hear your whisper. My love for you will reach to the end of eternity… and never will I truly be alone, for you will be there
My gift from God… my mother
Shannon R Killman
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