Opportunities pass you by?
Plans never satisfied?
Expectations never fulfilled?
Chances never taken?
Goals set but never met?
Hesitation with regret?
Love promised but never knew?
It would seem your future
Is always behind you
Today I heard loud knocking I know not where it came I heard in quiet whisper The calling of my name
Today I heard a knocking The same as before Though not as loud I simply ignored
Today I heard soft knocking I know not where it started I pretended to listen Then I simply disregarded
Today I heard faint knocking I could barely make it out Its distance I could not measure For it seemed to resemble a round-a-bout
Today I heard no knocking It seemed to have gone away The whisper in my ear dolefully seem to say There will not be any more Todays ****************************** “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and he with me. Revelation:(4-20)
Every string of black beads one must conclude Carries a petition of prayer that many bear One black bead following another until at last Each bead has been cast
One large bead held tightly in hand Praying that God would understand Waiting to see If He would answer their prayers
Ten small beads in just a fraction Setting off a chain reaction Carrying a petition through the air A pleasant odor of incense Into the heavenly atmosphere Falling to His feet Resting at the mercy seat
There are: Beads for happiness Beads for love Beads for health Beads for wealth Beads for a bright tomorrow Beads to take away sorrow Beads carried by the wind Beads to cover one’s sin
But beads are only beads And are soon dropped back to earth Broken and shattered having no worth For one’s petition needs only one condition To be in His will before He will ever listen *************************************** ‘Loyalty to God is alone fundamental, feelings. words, deeds be strong on the string of duty. Let the world tell you in a hundred ways what your life is for. Say you ever and only, Lo, I come to do the will of God!”
Moments of memory I have but a few
As time presses on my thoughts are on you
Though distance and time have kept us apart
Your youth and your beauty are still in my heart
Moments of memory cling to my being
In time and space it’s you that I’m seeing
Though destiny has left us forever no more
The dreams that I dream I keep them in store
Moments of memory alive in my heart
Visions of a love that will never depart
Secrets we shared are forever eternal
A diary of sorts
A true lover’s journal
Moments of memory keep me deep in sorrow
For days that I wish I could once again borrow
For some say, “Let the past be the past”
But my heart tells a different tale of one
That will last
Moments of memory grow dim as I write
Knowing that you are no longer in sight
Moments of memory that I choose to save
Will follow me forever to rest in my grave
Destructive words never to be returned
Spread without permission
Revealed secrets
Others learned
Exposing private Affairs
Half-truths that spread doubts
Stealing ones good name
A tongue that controls the mouth
Slanderous
Baseless
Assassinates reputations
Murders character
Evokes hatred
Leads to premature judgment
Destroys confidence
No gossip
No quarrels
No jealousy
No hostilities
It’s from a deceitful heart
These thoughts have sprung
But a mouth that utters lies
Can easily be rectified
Once one has learned to control the tongue
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“Fire goes out for lack of fuel,
And quarrels disappear when gossip stops”
Proverbs 26:20
“In a false quarrel there is no true valor.”
William Shakespeare
I think about her in many ways
Memories left over from yesterdays
When everything was hers and mine
When love was our eternal valentine
I came alive when first we met
You woke up my silent heart
You took my dreams and made them real
I died the day we had to part
Now you are someone I’ll always love
Someone I share in my reverie
While I’ll go on without you
And this love may never come again
Nothing will ever be as it has been
For our love was meant for eternity.
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Oh how I’ll hate the longing years
The years counted by drops of my tears
The years ahead that I’ll spend
The years of my life where I’ll pretend
That life has meaning and purpose for me
A life I’ll keep secret that no one will see
The time in my life where I’ll make-believe
Many I’ll fool
Many I’ll deceive
For no one knows what’s locked in my heart
The love I’ve stored
The love I’ve kept
The tears I’ve tasted
The tears I’ve wept
A life I’ll keep silent never to conceal
For no one listens
For no one hears
Oh how I’ll hate the longing years
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“What worries you,
Masters you.”
John Locke
(1632-1704)
Haunted by a delusive spirit
You become enslaved to false beliefs and opinions
You chase after untruths that tickle your ears
You distort reality contrary to fact
You discover yourself misled by your doubts and fears
No where to turn you continue the path
Along with others
Dismissing the aftermath
Never a cry for help heard
Never a word
You find yourself disillusioned
Fooled
Tricked
Duped
Into thinking everything is cool
You conceive wrongly
Being deceived all along
But for you
Wrongs are always right
Rights are always wrong
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“Facts do not cease to exist
Because they are ignore”
Aldous Hurley, Complete essays 2
