Laugh, Little Aylan, Laugh

Ann expresses what I am sure is most of our hearts today...
and we  pour out our hearts in prayers and tears!

Dear Aylan,

Ignored in your life,

Immortalized in your death

Laugh little Aylan, Laugh

All down the streets of gold

Laugh at the feet of Jesus

Where you will never grow old

Oh, let your laughter sparkle

Oh, let your brown eyes dance

Oh, let your chin tilt up as God

Wipes your tears with His hands

Laugh, little Aylan, laugh

Let heaven's sheer, pure joy

Heal each sob of horror and hunger

Fear and sorrow, little boy

Sit at the banquet table

Run over celestial hills

Play forever with your brother

Where no teardrop spills

Laugh, little Aylan, laugh

For you will weep no more

Safe in the arms of Jesus 

Far from death's cold, friendless shore

Now you are loved like we should have

...We stare at a photograph

Shouldering sorrow, guilt and shame

Laugh, little Aylan, laugh 

Janet Martin

In memory of every little child who never knew laughter...

How can we look at our children and not want to help the hundreds of thousands of those still among us like Aylan?!