The Emotional Driver: A Daughter, a Mother, a Wife

Monday, September 7, 2009

A Daughter, a Mother, a Wife

A smile that warms as sun on your back
Touching even deeper than skin
Brighter, wider, and more pronounced
By a baby, her daughter, a precious gem

Her life, a dedication, a decision, a commitment
To family, to love, to passions, to people
Giving more of herself that she asked in return
Tears won't extinguish the fires that burned

Her life cut short as innocent she died
Leaving a baby and husband behind
A family who loves her and misses her dear
Her memory kept alive by people who care

Neilie Anne Heffernan Casey
Thirty two years too few
So much life and opportunity now wasted
Nothing our forefathers could have foretold

Freedom reigns even when our soil has been torn
When innocent victims like Neilie are, by a nation, mourned
War is part of life and soldiers often die
But what was the battle that Neilie did fight?

A citizen, a lover of these United States
A giver of time and energy, one of her traits
Easily described as loving and self-less
Lost now to all who were loved and were touched

Our nations' symbol, twins grown up
Ended that day as we watched them collapse
I remember staring as though transfixed - how many?
Two thousand nine hundred ninety six

People who are blameless now gone
Off to their next heavenly home
Though harmless, innocent, guiltless as lambs
They were sacrificed by terrible hands

A woman remaining in only our souls
Replacements will never fill the hole
Tragic terrible sad situations of life
Gone, a daughter, a mother, a wife

4 comments:

Christina-Marie Wright said...

Thank you for participating in Project 2,996 and helping to keep a memory alive.

xo

Cathy said...

A beautifully touching remembrance. Thank you for writing such a love poem for Neilie Anne Heffernan Casey.

Het said...

Beautiful tribute to Neilie Anne Heffernan Casey. Thank you!

Jenna Hatfield said...

This is beautiful. I am touched by your words. Thank you for participating.

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