Aurora, Colorado

Palliative Poetry:  This poem by Ron Tranmer is frequently found on cemetery memorials.
   The Broken Chain
   We little knew that morning that
   God was going to call your name.
   In life we loved you dearly.
   In death we do the same.
   It broke our hearts to lose you,
   you did not go alone;
   for part of us went with you,
   the day God called you home.
   You left us peaceful memories,
   your love is still our guide;
   and through we cannot see you,
   you are always at our side.
   Our family chain is broken
   and nothing seems the same,
   but as God calls us one by one,
   the chain will link again.
 Eastlawn Memorial Gardens. [2013]