For Lemona Elliott & Ladonna Elliott Daniel

In the quiet,

six foot depth,

we gravely laid

your case to rest.

 

Daughter sighed,

mother  wept,

children round

softly crept.

 

By grace alone

you stood your ground,

and in Christ

new freedom found.

 

Away with you,

our faithful plea,

fly to Him

your soul to keep!

 

Until your case

be once more raised;

The Judge shouts, “You-

come forth be saved;”

 

Your shell will linger,

decompose,

over it green

grasses grow.

 

But on That Day,

in That Hour,

be resurrected

by His power;

 

Then running and leaping

and praising God,

o’re soil our feet

this day hath trod.

Copyright 2023.    L.L. Shelton.