Missing Faces~Missing Smiles

There are faces that should be here
Smiles that are not
Choices that were made
Children all but forgot

I see them in my mind's eye
Their laughter in my ears
Each little hand I long to hold
For each I shed a tear

Forgiveness freely I can give
Because I have not walked
Where others had to make a choice
For the life that could not talk

Some days I see the faces
And I long to know a name
Of the children gone to the Father's arms
Back to soon from whence they came

By Debra Kay Reeves
2/9/99