There’s only one story in the world today, as far as my people are concerned.
Go to Hazel‘s to hear it.
I will tell you how I come into it later.
‘WILL THEY REMEMBER ME WHEN I’M GONE?’
MISSING
By Susan Musgrave
Missing’s a word that can’t begin to describe
the way I miss you more each day;
You left to chase the wind on high
and the rain rained down to stay.
Will they remember me when I’m gone, you said,
when I’ve kissed goodbye to pain;
Or will their lives just carry on
in the small hours of the rain.
You may be lost in the eyes of the world,
but how can I set you free;
When there’s a whole empty world in my aching heart,
you’re the missing part of me.
Ruby Anne Hardy, Jacqueline McDonell, Jennie Lynn Furminger,
Sarah de Vries
Heather Bottomley, Andrea Joesbury, Marcella Creison, Dawn Teresa Crey
Elaine Allenbach, Debra Lynne Jones, Angela Arseneault, Lillian O’Dare
Mona Wilson, Michelle Gurney, Cindy Beck, Laura Mah
Sheryl Donahue, Wendy Allen, Julie Young, Teresa Triff
CHORUS
How far from home is “missing”?
In our prayers you’re close beside us every
day;
When you left to chase the wind so high,
the rain moved in to stay.
Will they remember me when I’m gone,
you said,
when I’ve kissed goodbye to pain;
Or will their lives just carry on
in the small hours of the rain.
You may be an orphan in the eyes of the
world,
can we ever love anyone enough?
You’ll always have a home in our loving
hearts,
You’re the missing part of us.
Sheila Egan, Rebecca Guno, Angela Jardine, Brenda Ann Wolfe
Georgina Papin, Sherry Irving, Helen Hallmark, Tanya Holyk
Leigh Miner, Inga Hall, Patricia Johnson, Yvonne Boen, Tiffany Drew
Julie Young, Janet Henry, Dorothy Anne Spence, Ingrid Soet, Elaine Dumba, Sherry Lynn Rail
Jacqueline Murdock, Olivia Gale Williams, Catherine Gonzalez, Heather Chinnock
CHORUS
How far from home is “missing”?
In our prayers you’re close beside us every
day;
When you left to chase the wind so high,
the rain moved in to stay.
Will they remember me when I’m gone,
you said, when I’ve kissed goodbye to pain;
Or will their lives just carry on
in the small hours of the rain.
How can we believe in a merciful world
that could never believe in you enough?
Take what strength you need from our
fearless hearts,
You’re the missing part of us.
Taressa Williams, Diana Melnick, Kathleen
Dale Wattley, Catherine Maureen Knight
Wendy Crawford, Elsie Sebastien, Marnie Lee Frey, Stephanie Lane
Frances Young, Nancy Clark, Cindy Feliks, Dianne Rock
Kerry Lynn Koski, Sereena Abotsway, Andrea Borhaven, Maria Laliberte
Yvonne Abigosis, Verna Littlechief, Dawn Lynn Cooper, Linda Louise Grant
CHORUS
Missing means you’re gone, I can’t find you;
My dear one, I’ll never hold you again.
You left to chase the wind too high
and the rain can’t wash my tears away.
Will they remember me when I’m gone,
you said,
when I’ve kissed goodbye to pain;
Or will their lives just carry on
in the small hours of the rain.
You may have disappeared in the eyes of the
world,
but when I close my eyes I’ll always see
your name, they way you smile, inside my
wishful heart,
The missing part of me.
I thought there were no words for this horrible situation but you have found them. All I can offer are my condolences to your community for its terrible losses over the years.
Your Grace
Nochmals [as usual]Monsieur Le Chevalier Aerchie hat recht
We offer our Condolences to the Families & your Community
Dear Raincoaster, what a powerful post. From Berlin to Musgrave to Ute.
I sure hope this verdict (so long in coming) begins a chain reaction of healing and change, for all of us.
The very fact that the powers that be were eventually forced to treat this as a serial killer case has, itself, changed the world. Let’s hope we never backslide into forgetting that these victims were human beings, and not disposable.
Thanks for this, neighbour. As your sensitive post so beautifully expressed, justice came not just in the verdict, but the humanizing of the women who died… not to mention the thousands more who still live and work on the streets and have been deemed as drugged-out trash by so many in our society.
The DTES got a bit of its dignity back with the acknowledgment of the value of these human beings and the truth of the atrocities that resulted in their deaths, and so did the families and friends who will mourn these losses the rest of their lives. Tears and a strange sense of relief… sleep well, sisters.
raincoaster– I hadn’t heard about this until I read your off topic post. I stayed up into the wee small hours reading about it, and it’s beyond heartbreaking. These lyrics are beautiful, and after reading your post and your link, I don’t think that any of us will ever forget these women. Thank you.
I’m very glad to hear that. Thank you all for your kind words. I know you mean them.
I am proud to know you, Raincoaster. It takes a lot of courage to stick with this kind of horrible story. Hopefully, justice will ease some of the pain for those who have suffered such terrible loss.
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