Extra Credit Blog

I have always loved writing. It was my favorite thing to do in Elementary and Middle school. I always felt like that was the one talent I had, but then I realized that there was more elements than words on paper. I actually have a few pieces of my own writing that I really enjoy. One off the top of my head is my song/poem for my 6 year old cousin Charley Beers. She recently died do to an illness that her body just couldn’t fight off. They were just the symptoms of the flue but she felt worse than she seemed. In the morning the next day, she left everyone in the hospital bed. I was just walking out of the weight room feeling good when I got a phone call that I wasn’t expecting or wanting. After the news and many tears, I decided to write a song for her, family, and friends. I am proud of it because she was such a special girl that she inspired me to write a song in her honor. It’s not a long song and doesn’t have a tune but it’s called ANGEL IN THE HEAVENS. I enjoyed writing this because I got to think of all the memories I have of her. I got to cry and release the pain through lyrics and music. Here it is:
    ANGEL IN THE HEAVENS
You left too soon. So much of your life hasn’t been discovered. You left without saying goodbye and left without a trace. Life has been hectic, tears have been shed all because of you. All because of you.
    Angel in the heavens wont you come down tonight. Angel in the heavens please don’t say goodbye. You don’t deserve to go, your much to young and not ready to leave this world. Wont you stay a little longer with me.
    You slipped out of your mother’s arms to join him in the sky, you knew it was time to go, time to say goodbye. Your body lies lifeless but your spirit runs free. This is not a time for sorrow but a time for celebration you see. She lived life to the fullest, made everyone’s days, danced and sung and spread joy from her heart. Now all we have is those memories of her to live off of.
    Angel in the heavens wont you come down tonight. Angel in the heavens please don’t say goodbye. You don’t deserve to go, your much to young and not ready to leave this world. Wont you stay a little longer with me.
    Our little girl, the one we all know and love is with us all the time. Don’t you hear his whispers n the wind, see her smile in the sun, feel her love when it rains and her spirit all around. This special girl will always be with us to stay. To never leave and to sit and play. Thank you lord for giving us this gift. This gift full of hope, love, joy and most of all full of you. Thank you for sharing her with us, she really is her own. Her own star, her own dream and now she is yours.   
    Angel in the heavens wont you come down tonight. Angel in the heavens please don’t say goodbye. You don’t deserve to go, your much to young and not ready to leave this world. Wont you stay a little longer with me. Angel in the heavens... wont you come down tonight. Angel in the heavens... goodnight
She was the reason that I wrote this song and started writing more pieces. In this piece, I am telling about the pain that we went through and what it would have looked like in third person. Her spirit will always be with us and she will always be in our hearts. Charley Beers is such an inspiration. All of the 6 and ½ years that she lived, she lived to the fullest. She was so much mature than anyone would think. Instead of being taught lessons, she was the one sharing and telling people what was right from wrong. She would have grown up to be an amazing person. So that is why I wrote a song about her. About her life, memories and more. She was the one that brought the song up in me, I just wrote the lyrics on a piece of paper. She really was an angel.