Just tell me the truth
Don’t lie and pretend
Don’t tell me you swear
When you don’t even care
Wisdom comes with age
I’ve turned its pages
If you want me to return
Lesson learned
Be true to yourself
That’s what matters
Take it to heart
Before your life shatters
Lies only destroy
Leaving only a decoy
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“Truth may hurt for a little while,
but a lie hurts forever”
Unknown author
Never lonely never lonesome never in a bad mood
Thanks to my solitude
A time to reflect on who I am
A time to know myself
A time to restore myself
A time for independence of thought
From the life I have fought
The older I get I refuse to regret
Solitude is medicine for the old
No prescription necessary I’ve been told
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“Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone,
and solitude expresses the glory of being alone”
Paul Tillich
Told today my brother passed away
I will never know why or the reason God took you as he did.
We mortals have to answer to God.
Some day we will all wear immortality like you.
You were all alone with no time to say goodby
What is it like to leave reality?
Leaving those you love taking only your memories
Leaving no time for our goodbyes
Only God knows our appointed time
But he tells us to be prepared
I will miss you brother and cherish
the memories we shared for 80 years
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“A good name is better than precious ointment
And the day of death (better) than
The day of birth” Ecclesiastes 7:1
Love you brother
Say hello to the family
Why do you want to change my style?
Is the way I dress does not meet your test?
Is the way I pronounce my words a little absorb?
Is the way I dance leave something to chance?
Is it my hair that make people stare?
Does my singing voice leave you no choice?
Or does my swagger cause you to stagger?
Yet that’s my style unique to me
You have the right to disagree
However!
Do not judge my character
For
Inner character is more important
Then outward appearance
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“Do not judge by appearance
But judge fairly and righteously” Jn 7:24
David slew the giant with a slingshot and stone saving the Israelites from the Philistines
Who or what is your Goliath today?
Who or what Goliath in your life do you need to put to rest?
Is it the toxic relationship you find yourself in causing you to sin?
Or those you have chosen to influence your life
Leaving you nothing but strife?
Or the substance you chose to blow up your nose?
Or the smoke you take as soon as you awake?
Or the drink you need to help you succeed?
Or the web site you hide from sight?
Whatever Goliath you face in your life
You have to erase
David took a stance against a stronger enemy than you will ever face
And was victorious
It may not be easy nothing is
Until you place your trust and faith
In the right place
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“Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will act.” Psalm ( 37:5)
The best game in town
When no one’s around
My comfort zone
Needs no sound
Win or lose
I continue to play
No other game
Makes me feel this way
After many an affair
Never lonesome
Never lonely I swear
As long as I am playing
Solitaire
Take it from me my friend
You’re always a winner in the end
Do you remember when
You had all this additional money
To spend?
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“We cannot change the cards we are dealt
just how we play the hand”
Randy Pausch
Don’t talk to me
When you have nothing to say
When you don’t want to play
Don’t talk to me
When you make no sense
Or keep me in suspense
Don’t talk to me
With an alternate motive
With words imploded
Don’t talk to me
With your lies
And expect me to verify
Don’t talk to me
In a condescending voice
And give me no choice
Don’t talk to me
In jest
Just like the rest
Don’t talk to me
In a foreign tongue
Save it for the young
Don’t talk to me
With a bleeping word
There’s nothing I haven’t heard
Don’t talk to me
Like a child
In single file
Don’t talk to me
Like Mr. cupid
I’m not that stupid
The talk I wish to hear
I’ve made quite clear
Only thoughts ready to connect
Out of love and respect
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“In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression;
but he that refrained his lips doeth wisely” Proverbs 10:19
There are many moments I could share with you
but these are few I care to do:
Fallin In love early in life
Falling in love late in life
My wedding day
Holding my daughter for the first time
My son becoming a police officer
Watching my grandchildren grow up healthy strong and wise
Providing for my family
Told I had cancer
The day I became principal
Losing mom dad grandfather
My love for my dogs
Finally
Attending Johnie Mathis concerts
Add to the list
What you wish
One requirement
You must be going to heaven
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Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the
kingdom of God unless they are born again.” John 3:3
“Our citizen is in heaven…” Philippians 3:20
Let’s go back to’55
R&R is coming alive
Carteret on Grove
Across from the candy store
We walked
Nobody drove
Mike the cop watched as we crossed
We all knew he was the boss!
Entered the playground
Boys on one side of the school girls on the other
Buck buck we played till the bell rang
Single file; some to the first floor some to the second
Like little soldiers I reckon
Wooden desk and chair
Ink well Fontane pen
Cloakroom
Hide in here
Teacher stare
Times we dared
Did I mention
Not paying attention
Recess and snacks(cheezits) made our day
Baseball and hopscotch all the way
Home for lunch to an empty house to an empty nest
Returning back to our friends was the best
Pray in school was the rule
We’d read the Psalms every day Ps. (1,25,100)
I still can recite them to this day
That memory never goes away
Down to the basement
Air raid alarm
Sat next to wall
Waiting for bombs to fall
Joined the glee club
For the Christmas performance
Our parents in the audience
Carols from the hymn book
All we sang
Some in Latin
I wish I could have patented
(Thanks, Mom, for helping with the makeup!)
It was here that I learned to dance
It was here that I witnessed my first romance
Her name was Gloria
Where she is today
I can’t say
She was my partner
At our 6th grade graduation dance
Memories abound:
Stickball against the wall
Football on the lawn
Running through the school basement
Friday nite boys club
Being with my mom at the card parties
I know there are many more
But this is all I can endure
This was so long ago
Little did I know
How it affected me so
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“I wish my (elementary) school days could have dragged on a little longer
or that I could go back and do it later in life”
Cara Delevingne
Do you have a safe space?
Where do you go when in trouble?
Where do you hide?
How do you decide?
Where do you find peace?
Do you turn to religion?
Do you trust your horoscope?
Join a cult?
Maintain Hope?
How do you cope?
Where do you go to be alone?
Do you go to your room
For the silence?
Do you dwell in darkness?
Silently pray
To forget the day
Where is your safe place?
Is it a place where you hide your secrets?
No one allowed to enter
Worries and fears locked out
Dreams become real
Moments surreal
Everyone needs a safe place to call their own
To settle the issues that life has thrown
Your car
The library
The park bench
Movie theater
Going home
Your dreams
Your work
Read a book
Etc,Etc.Etc.
My safe place I will never tell
Reading this poem
You know it very well
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“We can’t be brave in the big world without
one small safe place to work through
our fears and falls”
Brene Brown