Hayes Kent, Class of 2003
Saralyn McAfee Smith
~*~
The time for graduation’s here
And I am feeling down,
For you won’t be in that special group
Who are wearing caps and gowns.

I won’t get to see you walk that stage,
I won’t hear them say your name.
And ever since you went to heaven,
Nothing’s been the same.

And yet your classmates remember you
And most still miss you so.
It still doesn’t seem like reality
That you had to go.

But God pulls me close within His arms,
And whispers low to me,
Hayes finished all his work so soon.
He was special---don’t you see?

While his classmates still have a ways to go,
I brought him home to Me.
He graduated earlier
Than his Class of 2003.

And yet he’s with you in spirit;
Just close your eyes and see
For Hayes is walking proudly with
The Class of 2003.
~*~

Thank you Dixie for the gorgeous
top graphic!