ALEXANDRA AND EVAN

ON YOUR JOURNEY TO HEAVEN,
OH, LITTLEST OF ANGELS,
WE'LL FOREVER GIVE THANKS,
YOU CAME FIRST TO OUR ARMS,
WHERE YOU LAY IN WARM SWEETNESS
FOR THE BRIEFEST OF MOMENTS,
OUR NAME ON YOUR BRACELETS...
PRECIOUS ALEXANDRA AND EVAN.

NOT EVEN THE ROSEBUD,
NOR THE FIRST CROCUS PETAL,
COULD MATCH THE SOFT WONDER
OF YOUR SMALL, FLOWERING FACES.
THOUGH YOU LINGERED, OH BRIEFLY,
OUR TORN HEARTS FOUND COMFORT,
AND YOUR FAIR, INFANT PRESENCE
GAVE OUR SORROW A GRACE.

ETCHED ON OUR MEMORIES,
TO HOLD AND TO TREASURE,
ARE EXPERIENCES WE HAD NOT KNOWN;
THESE YOU GAVE, IN YOUR INNOCENCE,
TO YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER;
AND OH, LITTLE ANGELS,
WE ARE RICHER BY FAR
TO HAVE HELD YOU BOTH FOR A MOMENT,
THAN NEVER TO HAVE HELD YOU AT ALL.

WE LOVED YOU AS YOU GREW
IN YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB,
WE LOVE YOU TODAY,
WE WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER.
GOD BLESS YOU AND HOLD YOU ALEX AND EVAN.

Written By: John Rehl