Angel Baby

My precious angel baby

why did you have to leave?

I had so many hopes for you

Now all I do is grieve.

I hoped and wished and prayed for you

And thought my dreams had come true

But now you're gone, and life goes on

And I don't know what to do.

I've cried a river of tears

Enough to cause a flood

Some say that it was "for the best,"

But how could this be good?

I'm told that I must go on

To care for those on earth

But am I the only one who sees it?

The only one who knows your worth?

You were a part of me...

My body and my soul

I'll never know God's reasoning

His purpose, or His goal.

It's not for me to question

"Why me, dear Lord, Oh why?"

I'll just have to trust I'll see you

In the sweet by and by.

I'm told that I will see you

When my time on earth is through

And that one day I will hold you

And can whisper, "I love you."

My days on earth will seem so long

Until I meet you there

But until then, my angel baby

Please know how much I care.

I may have never held you in my arms

All nice and warm and tight

But I will hold you in my heart,

And in my prayers each night.

By Pamela Bounds

In loving memory of

Gabriel Matthew Bounds

Due 10/21/02

Lost 3/22/02