In Memory of Paige Elizabeth Banner
October 10, 2003 - April 11, 2005

...a shining star, a sister, a sage.

We miss having you amongst us, sweet one.

Luminous

bright lights burn fast
with brilliance astounding
leaving night darker
but memories stronger
and everything sweeter

she blazed into hearts
a lifetime in eighteen months
an eternity of joy in her eyes, those smiles,
in the incomprehensible something
so important, she knew, and shared

the drumming, like Papa
the intensity, like Mama
amazing strength in a tiny bundle
the thrumming light of her giant soul
shines eternally to show the way

~ rwb 2005