~THANK YOU FOR COMING~

All of my poetry was written after the sudden death of my youngest son, Dale.
He had a traffic accident on July 28, 1997--hitting an eighteen-wheeler head-on.
He was killed instantly. The accident was just ten days after his 18th birthday.
After two years of missing him, I wrote my first poem, titled simply
"Dale". 
I wrote this poem for his 20th birthday which was coming up on July 18, 1999.
Writing that poem seemed to help me, so I continued to write.
Most of my poems are religious in nature because Christ is the center of my life.
The only way I have gotten through these last four years is by the help of God,
a lot of prayer and a wonderful husband and family
and good, kind, and caring friends.

Susan, Dale's mom

 

 WILLIAM DALE COLLINS
July 18, 1979--July 28, 1997

 


~DALE~

Today should be your twentieth birthday,
And there are many things I would like to say.
Of course, I love you, is at the top of my list,
And how very much you have been missed.
But, it seems so long,
Since you heard Heaven's song,
And Jesus called you home.

What would I say if you were here--
And I could speak without a tear?
I'd say that you have always been a joy,
Ever since you first became my little boy.
I held you in my arms,
Enchanted by your charms,
For Jesus put you in our home.

If I could just hear your voice,
Oh, how I would rejoice.
If I could look into your eyes,
Then my wish--I would realize.
If I could see your smiles,
Perhaps I could walk these many miles,
'Til Jesus calls me home.

But now is not the time for sorrow,
I must look beyond tomorrow.
I do not walk alone this last mile,
My Lord is with me through this trial.
Someday soon, we will sing--
We'll be together with our King!
When Jesus brings me home.

 By Susan Elaine Collins 2000 ©

 

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