Ask For Prayer We pray for all the souls at risk Upon this spinning orb We call upon the God we Love To please their souls absorb We call upon Eternal Light To guide them safely home And as the tears fall from my eyes I need to write this poem I cannot be there for everyone The families as they suffer I want to hold you close to me To be for you a buffer Between the cold hard truth of death And the depths of the despair That one we love can bring to us When they're no longer there We know their souls are joyful now Their lights have been released And yet we can't help but be sad When loved ones are deceased Please try to be Joyful That God so needed them To Help Him in his Heavenly Work Just in the Other Realm I cry for you, I hold your hand I mourn with you, make tea And be all of the earthly things A loving heart can be I try to bring you comfort On this most painful day But all that I can do from here Is bow my head and pray Dear God, please ease the suffering Brought on by early death Of loved ones passing from our lives And leaving us bereft Poem by Alice C. Bateman