Poems & Writings

COPE Parent Phyllis Weiner received this poem as a Jewish prayer for the High Holidays. "I believe it's universal for anyone who has lost a loved...

Crazy Upside Down Life In memory of my beloved son, Jay Jimenez     - E. J. Barbera   Sun’s out at night, moths fly from...

Life is Eternal If wishing makes it so won't you let me know that life is eternal and love is immortal and death is only a horizon Life is...

To Where You Are Who can say for certain, maybe you're still here ~ I feel you all around me, your memory so clear. Deep within the stillness I...

As far as I can see, grief will never truly end. It may become softer over time, more gentle, and some days will feel sharp. But grief will last...

Now that I am gone, remember me with smiles and laughter. And if you need to cry, cry with your brother or sister who walks in grief beside you....

We Remember Them In the rising of the sun and in its going down,
 We remember them; In the blowing of the wind and in the chill of...

The truest words of all: I will not forget you. 
You are in my waking thoughts, 
my sweetest memories, my dearest dreams. 
I will...

I am still with you If it seems that I am far away on this empty and solemn day Just open your heart and know it’s true that I am still right...

Tread purposefully we of no consequence for no heart beats for you save your own Tread softly we of deep breath and sigh for why conspire when...