Shawn Benjamin Slater

September 1, 1987 to September 12, 2005

By Berdie Slater

WE NEVER SAID “GOOD-BYE”Remembering like yesterday,All the things you used to say.How you smelled and straightly walked,All the words since we last talked.Six years now have passed us bySince that day we never said “Good-bye!”Your constant grin and hearty laugh,Longing for that from your photograph.Whisper blue eyes and “Shawnie smile,”Memories strengthen me only just a while.Six years now have passed us bySince that day we couldn’t say “Good-bye!”The only comfort I find each day,Comes from God as I boldly pray.You are with Him! Now face to face...That smile of yours is all over the place.Six years now have passed us bySince that day we didn’t say “Good-bye!”Hearing, seeing...knowing too,His “ULTIMATE” that God has brought you to.Precious in the eyes of GodIs the death of His saint, who has Righteous trod.Six years have now passed us byWith the Lord, we never say “Good-bye!”Remembering andRejoicing that youdwell with Jesus.