Bill,
 
I'll let you make the call on this one.  Easter means a great deal to Mee
Maw and I try to write a poem for her at this time every year.  It is true
that this poem has nothing at all to do with ferrets.  It has to do with the
love I feel for Mee Maw (Sandy) .  She has allowed, even encouraged, me to
make her the 'fall guy' in many of my postings to the FML She has a spirit
of fun in her that rivals my own.  She has never posted to the FML nor to
anyone else.  Being a pooter programmer, the last thing she wants to do at
the end of a day is to spend more time at the keyboard.  She loves Tater and
Odie as much as I do and, I swear, she has even more fun playing with them
than I do - you should just see her when she joins in a wardance with them!
 
She is a wonderful and special Lady.  I cannot express, in words, how I and
the lil' guys feel about her.  This poem is my best, if inadequate, effort
to do so.
 
Happy Easter to the finest Lady that I and two ferrets have ever had the
priveledge to love!  She is one heck of a nice person.  We could not love
her more than we already do.
 
                           WALK WITH ME STILL
 
    Come walk again with the one to whom you have given purpose  and
                              made complete
      Walk with me as we return again to that place where we began
              In the freshness of youth and forgotten times
        When we were young and knew no fear of things that might
                           Or might never be
            Come walk with me there and know that I love you
 
       Hear with me now the many voices that mingle with our love
         As we speak again the words of love and renew our faith
                 In the Source of Love and Togetherness
                    Who gave this precious gift to us
                 So it might shine in the darkest night
                 Hear this now and know that I love you
 
     Look with joy as together we see those who gladly join with me
                 And see love foretold and  meant to be
        See the world through so many eyes and minds and thoughts
                    Enjoy the pleasures that Love can
                       Bring to a thirsting heart
                See these things and know that I love you
 
           Awake with me after love's release and gentle calm
             To know the joy that loving brings and can give
               To the few who know its unselfish face
               A face which the world may see but not know
             Because Love is losing its race with modern man
               Awake with me now and know that I love you
 
                 Step with me now into our secret place
                And gaze with me into our God's true face
                  And see all that was and will ever be
                Every stone every creature and you and me
                  Rejoice with me in the Source of Love
               Walk with me there and know that I love you
 
                Return with me now to that long ago time
                   When Love was new and we were young
           Taste with me the wisdom and sorrows of many years
              Remember the sharing of joys and common tears
          Know that they are all a part of why I ask you now to
                Continue with me and know that I love you
 
                           Michael J. Schieman
                        copyright, Easter, 1996
[Posted in FML issue 1531]