A treasured gift

One gift, above all others,

God gives to us to treasure -

One that knows no time, no place;

One that gold can't measure -

 

The precious, poignant, tender gift

of Memory - for it keeps

Our dear ones ever in our hearts,

Though they have gone to sleep.

 

It brings back long remembered things –

A song, a word, a smile -

And the world's a better place because

We had them for a while!

 

(Jessie H. Fairweather)