A song is ended...

Susie Brooks Overton, mother of Annie Laurie Overton Pomeranz, was an accomplished poet. She wrote the following poem in 1945. It was read by the Rev. Del Parkerson at Annie Laurie Pomeranz' graveside service, August 11, 2007.

A song is ended for a day,
The chords are hushed; the melody is done.
Death again has had its way,
And we are sad because a friend is gone.

A silent note, a vacant chair;
A voice we loved so well, and hear no more,
Has joined the vast immortal choir –
Her spirit freed through an open door.

But time will heal, and once again
We’ll hear the harmony that filled her way
In vibrant chords: a soft refrain
To lend a quiet respite on our way.

Farewell, we shall not mourn your going
Into a land beyond this earthly care.
We shall go on, always knowing,
Where-er you are, there will be music there.