reflections of a peacemaker Author:Mattie A. Stepanek This is hte final collection of Mattie's Heartsongs. It includes the ast poem he wrote before his death in 2004 at age 13 of MS. In these poems, he explores the themes of disability, death, and despair, but also the gifts he found in nature, prayer, peace,and his belief in "something bigger and better than the here and now."