An echo that makes no sound
Music playing that no one hears
Eyes that shed invisible tears
Confusing sounds of sounds of silence
Love’s never heard
Love’s never reciprocated
Love’s never acknowledged
But
Take hold
Place it a pocket
Display it a locket
for out of no where
Some day
IT may unfold
I don’t understand
Tell me why?
I touch your hand
I touch your face
I touch your lips
I touch your hair
I get no where
Tell me why?
You don’t touch me with your heart
Listen to your heart
Why can’t I touch your heart?
On the road to redemption
Salvation assured
I approached a crossroad
Having 4 stop signs
Which way Lord?
Contemplating my fate
Looking perplexed
Each road so narrow
Never vexed
Crossing the line
With apprehension
I found myself
On the road to redemption
Which road to take
Became a dilemma
Once elected
I was given a directive
Take the road you think best
Let me take care of all the rest
Convinced of my destiny
I took the road meant for me
All one-way
No return
Then I learned much
to my surprise
All 4 roads
No compromise
Looking beyond
I read the signs
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Need I mention
The only roads to redemption
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“I have wiped out your transgressions
like a thick cloud
and your sins like a heavy mist,
return to me,for I have redeemed you”
Isaiah 44-22
Up and down/ down and up
You remind me of your 5 degrees
Hoping to bring me to my knees
You rant and rave your monolog
And scream like a hungered farmer’s hog
Up and down/down and up
You continue your one-way debate
With venom and hate
You scream and you yell
No facts to tell
Up and down/down and up
You shriek and shout as
Vomit flows from your mouth
Poison spays your every word
So, no one else can be heard
Up and down/down and up
No peace with anger
No one right all the time
All emotions No reason
Looking at a mime
Up and down/down and up
Words you’ve sown
Sticks and stones…
Vanity,pride,flaw
Makes it time to get off the seesaw
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Epistle of James 3
“But no one can tame the tongue it is a restless evil and
full of deadly poison”(8)
“If you have bitter jealous and selfish ambition
in your heart,do not be arrogant
and so, lie against the truth”(14)
“For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist
there is disorder and every evil thing”(16)
“The seed whose fruit is righteousness is
sown in peace by those who make peace”(18)
I dry my eyes from idle tears
While the daffodils bend under the crimson sky
And the winds whistle through a darken sky
While the moon gazes and winks as it passes by
The sparrow covers its newly hatched eggs
As the high cirrus clouds cry out, “You can’t Denie”
Life is brief
Love is long
Follow the signs
To where you belong
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“Love is happiness
Love is life”
Thomas Henry Burrows
There once was a man who was dying
To be one with the universe he was relying
His body to decay
Was the only way
To unite with the elements, he was trying
There was a man who was dying
To be in heaven he was relying
His salvation assured
He thanked the Lord
An ascended without even trying
Which home are you going to choose?
At home with the universe
Or
At home with the Lord
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“If you are living according to the flesh
You must die,
But if (you live) by the spirit you are putting to death
The deeds of the body
You will live.”
Romans 8:13
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I picture your face
I reflect on your eyes
The sound of your laughter
I heard your sighs
I remember two straws in a coke
Our hands across the booth
I remember the jute box
Playing our favorite song
But times they do change
And so did you
It was not our job to control destiny
It was not our job to control fate
It was not our job to create luck
You drifted away
And it was too late
I was so wrong
To string you along
You were always there
willing to share
I took advantage of your love
I thought we were a pair
You would wait
and still be here
My timing was off
I opened the door
and you were gone
No whisper
No sound
Never to return
A lesson learned
Waiting for tomorrow
May only bring you sorrow
You made your choice
I had no voice
You were in control
Of my very soul
The decision was on you
Never given a chance to birth
Never knowing what life was worth
You took it away
Never a look never a glance
You took that chance
And walked away
Tell me about my childhood:
Did I ride a bike?
Did I watch cartoons?
Did I go to school?
Did I like baseball?
Did you attend to my care
when I would fall?
Tell me about my teens:
Did I have a girlfriend?
Did I do well in school?
Did I have plans for the future?
Did I have many friends?
Did I have a car?
Tell me about my adulthood:
Did I graduate college?
Did I have a successful job?
Did I meet the girl of my dreams
And get married?
Did you have any grandchildren
Of mine?
It’s ok mommy
You did what you thought
Was right at the time
I forgive you
May be again it may be
That you will hug me
And you will set yourself free
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“A baby is God’s opinion that
life should go on”
Carl Sandburg
“By You I have been sustained from my birth:
You are He who took me from my mother’s womb:
My praise is continually of You” Psalm 71:6
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Forget to call
I can’t stay awake
Till the morning break
I’m not to blame
If I forget your name
I stop and stare
Going no where
I forget to trump
I cry for no reason
Any time in season
It’s not my creation
If I exhibit frustration
Walk very slow
With nowhere to go
Excuse my anger
I can’t control
No longer active
Always distracted
I have no more trials or temptations
The din of the world has lifted
No need for memories
Locked deep in my soul
Born to die
Born to rise
To meet my salvation in the sky
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“My flesh and my heart may fail,
But He is the strength of my heart and
My portion forever” PS 73-26
An empty jar
Full of love
Full of dreams
But nothing as it seems
An empty jar
Filled with time
Memories of love
Left behind
An empty jar
Filled with tears
Of a romance
Of promises
That disappeared
An empty jar
Full of conflicting thoughts
Moments unwind
Left behind
A broken jar
Beginning to crack
No time to stop
No turning back
A shattered jar
Scattered on the floor
Pieces of love
Never to be seen anymore
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