The Roll Call Of The Absent
They May Be Gone, But They Shall Never Be Forgotten
    As any group of family, and friends grow older, there are those who are called home by The Master. Here I shall remember them until my own calling. When that time comes perhaps one of those who remain will add my name to the Roll. To be  remembered after one is gone, is really all anyone can hope for. For if one is remembered, in many ways they are still with us, and always will be.
                                                 W. L. Kite
Just Across The Waters

Just Across the waters, there is a place where time stands still
Just across the waters, every house sets on a hill
Just across the waters, the sky is always clear
Just across the waters, there is a land that knows not tears

Just across the waters, on that shore of golden sand
Just across the waters, awaits eternity in the promised land
Just across the waters, one day we will meet again
Just across the waters, once more we will walk together my old friend

The Poet W. L. Kite


 
 

Farewell My Friend

 Farewell my friend, you left long before your time
 But you will not be forgotten, in my heart, nor in my mind

 Not even death, can break the bond, between friends like you, and me
 Within my heart, you will live on, until I cross that sea

 Save me a place my friend, on that golden shore
 For one day I'll be coming, and we will meet once more

 We'll sit, and talk about old times, back when we were young
 We'll laugh about the way we were, and silly things we done

 There we'll sit, and wait my friend, together on that shore
 For we have many other friends, so we know there will be more

 Farewell my friend, I'll leave you now, so you can have a rest
 Knowing in my heart old pal, our friendship stood the test
 

 In loving memory of my dear friend, Donnie Long

Gone Home

W. L. Kite

  My Friend

Friends for a lifetime, we've been, you, and I.
Now for the last time, I must tell you goodbye.

As children, as teens, and later as men,
Never was there a time, when we were not friends.

I ran into you, just a few nights past,
Not knowing that meeting would be our last.

A lifetime of memories, I have of you friend.
The twinkle in your eyes, that sly little grin.

That you are charming the Angels, is a bet I will make,
For if anyone could, you have what it takes.

Rest easy my friend, I'll join you one day.
For a lifetime, and more, friends we will stay.
 

 In loving memory of my lifelong friend
 Charles, Harold, {Champ} Oswald

Gone Home

W. L. Kite


Called Home

    When a good man is called home, it leaves us with only our memories of him. But it is those memories that will allow him to always be with us. We must understand that only the flesh, and blood of the body has departed. The essence that was the man we knew, and loved is still here with us, and shall be until our calling. At that time we will see him once more, and never again will there be a parting.
   Still there is a hurt within our hearts, but that is the proof of just how good a man he was. Time will ease your pain, and our memories of him will soothe our broken hearts. God has called a good man home, Alex will be there waiting for all of us when we get home. We must be thankful for having had him here with us all this time. That Alex touched all our lives has been, and shall always be a gift to us all, from God, who has not taken him from us, but just called him home ahead of us.

 Of my friend Alex I can say with all that I am
I have known not in this life a better man.
 

 In loving memory of my dear friend, Alex Christensen.

Gone Home

W. L. Kite


Goodby Friend

We became friends late in life
 But good friends we came to be
That our friendship was a short one
 Eases not your loss to me

You were far more than just my Barber
You were a kindred soul
We were of a kind in our thinking
Sometimes brash, sometimes bold

We talked about many things
That others understand not at all
The things in life that make it worth the living
The big things, and the small

The joy of a summer day
The beauty of a winter snow
The feeling one gets deep inside
Sitting alone where peaceful waters flow

The smile of a pretty girl
As she passes by your way
The things that make life worth
The living day to day

Yes my friend, I shall miss you
At least till my call comes
Then once more we will laugh, and talk
On the other side old chum

Your memory will stay with me
Until my days are no more
I will see you then, my old friend
When I reach life's other shore
 

In loving memory of my Dear Friend
The Barber
Charlie Jewell

Gone Home

W. L. Kite


Tony

I was just a young man when you came into the world
I became an Uncle on that day
I never could have imagined back then
That it would end this way

That your life would end after only forty years
Seems so hard for me to believe
The tears are flowing from these old eyes
As I remember you this eve

I held you in my arms when you were so very small
I can still remember when you first learned to crawl
Then it seemed as if over night you learned to walk
It wasn't long before you were learning to talk

You were always older of mind than your years
I always admired you for that, and for the man you came to be
I thank God I had the chance to tell you while you were here
How very much I loved you, and how very much you meant to me

That I have lived long enough to see one I held as a babe called home
Brings such sadness to my tear filled eyes
Within my heart I will carry you with me throughout all my time
You shall never be out of my heart, nor shall you ever be out of my mind

I am just a mortal man, and it is not for me to know
Why God has called you home so soon, but it hurts so to let you go
I must trust that He has good reason to call you to His side
Perhaps like me, He has found in you, one in whom He takes great pride
 

In Loving Memory Of My Dear Nephew ( Tony Eugene Kite )
 

Gone Home
 

W. L. Kite


Mom

Tho I was just your son-in-law
You were always Mom to me
You welcomed me into your heart so long ago
When your Daughter brought me to your home
For you to see

You treated me as one of your own
With love, and words so kind, right from the start
That is why forever you shall have
A place here in my heart

Tho your little girl deserved better
You never ran me down
A dearer or sweeter Mother-in-law
I know I never could have found

Over all the years I've known you
Not one harsh word between us passed
The love I have in my heart for you
Shall forever last

Mom you may rest easy
For you know in your heart
 I will love, and care for your little girl
Just as you have right from the start

Sleep now Mom, in peace, and dreams
In God's great house above
And when in times to come I think of you
It will always be with love
 

In Loving memory of my Mother-in-law ( Marjorie Elaine Williams)

Gone Home

W. L. Kite

Lost On Life's Great Sea

As a young man he found
He could not stay at home
So he set out all by himself
Forevermore to roam

A young man, and his Father
Who could not see eye to eye
Caused a boy to become a wanderer
And a Mother's heart to forever cry

In her dreams she always saw him
For his soul she would always pray
His memory lived within her heart
Until her dying day

She would awaken from her sleep
And call out his name in vain
No one will ever understand
Her suffering, and her pain

Perhaps now up in Heaven
She has found the son she lost
For while among the living, her heart did pay
A price so high in cost

For though she loved all her children
Her first born he would always be
Her tears were always for him
The one lost on life's great sea

In Loving memory of my Uncle Donald Kite, whom I never had a chance to know

For he was lost on life's great sea
 

The Poet W. L. Kite


An Angel In Your Heart
 

I know your tears are painful
But you are really not apart
For as long as you remember
She is still there within your heart

No one can take her from you
She is yours for all of time
Her image will never leave your heart
Her words will echo through your mind

She will be there with you
No matter where you may be
Just close your eyes, and open your heart
And your Angel's face you shall see

What love has bound together
No earthly power can take apart
For all the days that you may live
You shall have an Angel in your heart
 

For My Dear Friend Wayne Martindale

In Memory Of His Angel ( Ruth )
 

The Poet W. L. Kite


I’ll See You Later Leo

Well Leo, we must say goodbye for now
For your call has come, and you’ve gone home
But until the time the bell tolls for me
I shall not forget the friendship we have known

I’ll remember the soft spoken  guy
I sat with at the table, and the thoughts we shared on life
I’ll take heart in the knowing that you are with the one you love
For you are now  once more at the side of your  true love,  your wife

Tell them to keep the coffee on up there
For you have friends that will be coming now, and then
Be always on the watch, out the corner of your eye
For one day I’ll be stopping by my dear old friend

In loving memory of my dear friend, Dallas  Leo  Plumb

Gone Home
 

W. L. Kite


The Works Of The Master Never Die, But Are Called Home.

W. L. Kite


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