Zachary Thomas Jones

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A NOTE FROM ZACH

TO YOU WHO GAVE ME LIFE AND CARE,

AND ALL MY FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY,

I KNOW THAT YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE,

THROUGH EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY.

WITH LOVE AND LIFE YOU FARED ME WELL,

I KNEW NOT STRIFE NOR PAIN,

AND DARKNESS NEVER ROUND ME FELL,

BUT IN YOUR HEARTS I DID REMAIN.

YOU LED ME TOWARD OUR LOVING GOD,

INSPIRED THE LIVING WATERS THIRST,

BUT WE NEVER KNEW AS ON WE TROD,

THAT I WOULD GET THERE FIRST.

THE TREE THAT STOPPED MY PATH THAT DAY

WAS PLANTED NOT MY MORTAL HAND,

IT WAS PART OF NATURE'S GRAND ARRAY,

TO GRACE THE ROADSIDE SYLVAN STRRAND.

AND THOUGH YOUR LOSS SEEMS MUCH TO BEAR,

THE TREE WE SHOULD NOT BLAME,

HAD OTHER LIVES BEEN STANDING THERE,

THEY TOO, THE TRAGIC FATE WOULD CLAIM.

I LOVED THE WAY YOU SAID FAREWELL,

WITH THINGS I CHERISH AT MY SIDE.

FAMILIAR TREASURES WITH ME TO DWELL,

AS I FLOW WITH HEAVEN'S TIDE.

I LOVE YOU MOM AND DAD, AND AARON TOO,

MY FAMILY AND EACH LEGION FRIEND.

AND IN MY SPIRIT WILL ABIDE WITH YOU,

TIL WE ALL MEET AT JOURNEY'S END.