Peace tonight

All of my children were within my arms today… together my six.

I looked into each of their eyes as they smiled and talked and as they laughed.

I found parts of myself within each one… inside of a reply or gesture.

I felt their voices in my memory… in a dance with time.

I realized peace tonight… my soul will live on through them.

And I pray they have only the best of me.

                                                  Shannon R Killman