In Loving Memory Of Dawn P Tillman

We watched you slowly fade away,
And we tried so hard to make you stay.
  God was watching from above,
and took you home to share His love.

God knew that you were suffering,
And the hills were hard to climb,
So he closed your weary eyelids,
And softly whispered, "Peace be Thine."

A million times we'll need you.
A million times we'll cry.
If love alone could've saved you,
You never would have died.

In life we loved you dearly.
In death, we love you still.
In our hearts you'll always hold a place,
No one else could ever fill.

It broke our hearts to lose you,
But you didn't go alone.
For a part of us went with you,
The day god called you home.

December 30, 1969- April 17, 2007

In Honor of Berkeley County Sheriff’s Deputy, Dawn Tillman

The Terrible words drifted into my head,
Officer Down! Dawn Tillman was dead.
Then Silence, Then Silence



At the Church we gathered in the mid day Sun,
Engines rumbled, muted voices, people crying as one.
Then Silence, Then Silence…



The Star Spangled Banner sang from a field far apart,
We snapped to Attention, our hands on our Hearts.
Then Silence, Then Silence…



A Hawk cried from above, it seemed like God’s call,
A Whippoorwill’s song began at Nightfall.
Then Silence, Then Silence…



From afar Lightning flashed across the Darkened sky,
Then Thunder soon echoed the Lightning’s bright cry.
Then Silence, Then Silence…



We Gathered once more to Bury Our Slain,
We Laughed of Good Memories, and Cried once again.
Then Silence, Then Silence…



The Honor Guards’ boots thumped as they Marched around,
Twenty-One Rifle Shots in the air did Resound.
Then Silence, Then Silence…



The White Dove’s Wings beat as he took to the Air,
He Soared up to Heaven, to meet Dawn Tillman there.
Then Silence, Then Silence…



Sixteen Motorcycles Thundered into life as if One,
Then They Rumbled away, into the Setting Sun.
Then Silence, Then Silence…



R.K.White, 20 April 2007