Poetry, lyrics and other words…
One step, two step
Falling back three
This ever changing landscape
Is getting the best of me
Just when it seems
I’ve broken through
Into a better place
The cruelty of reality
Slaps me in the face
But, that’s alright
I’ll trudge along
Tomorrow’s another day
And if this is the worse thing
That happens to me
I think I’ll be okay
The hawk soars
Even while the tiny blackbird
Deftly dive bombs it from on high
One merely twitches and adjusts
The other strokes and falls
They both carry a faith
Whether large or small
Neither of them lose their focus
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When I was small
You picked me up
You held my hand
You gave me love
Now I’m older
But I still see
The love in your eyes
When you look at me
And just like you
I pass it along
To my children and theirs
This sweet love song
Sometimes with words
And with actions too
The loving heart in this heart
I received from you
I’m gonna roll into tomorrow
And forget my yesterday
We only have one life to live
So, live it all the way
And if you get an attitude
Step back and turn a smile
Then look into the mirror
And reflect for just awhile
Sometimes it isn’t easy – no
Sometimes it’s just plain hard
Like looking at the hand you’re dealt
Without the winning card
So, if you get this message
And, it’s ringing true for you
Take advice from one who knows
Your time will come when due
I sit and ponder
And sometimes cry
Sometimes I laugh
I don’t know why
The confusion that’s swirling
Inside my head
Keeps my hopes alive
Which is better than dead
And if I put things off
Just a little bit more
Then tomorrow creeps in
Faster than before
So maybe I’ll concentrate
And work through this funk
And like a slow computer
Delete all the junk
That hesitation that prevents us from moving forward
Will be the same hesitation that gets blamed for our unwanted predicament.
If we listen to our heart more
We will see the rewards of doing what God has nudged us to do,
Or we may fall into the arms of only seeing the failures.
Growth comes in many forms
And failure is one of them.
Stop, reflect, pray and move on.
You got this!
The burden of the broken stones
Weigh heavy on the mind
Whitecapped waves crest and foam
But cannot wash away the crime
Building blocks to small to see
Poisoned the whole of the base
Years of neglect have now captured me
As I slow to a crawl in my pace
Hindsight lends no healing sauve
For this conjured soul of the damned
Only regret of a dying wretch
As I crumble into sinking sand
Ever does the new moon rise
Yet black in the clearest autumn skies
Undaunted by earth’s rotation abound
Creeping ever so slowly above the soft ground
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As early the glory of morning sleeps tight
The day brings it refuge to open with light
But only to fall back to sleep once again
Brings closure to dream of a new morning’s grin
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The heart on its journey can be quite the same
To open and close with emotional aim
While we wonder throughout our life in a daze
It’s a challenge we face walking through life’s maze
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And doors have their hinges that swing to a stance
They’re open or closed as they move in the dance
We all are like doors if we look at our lives
We open and close like husbands and wives
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While some of us never quite reach our crest
Like the moon we shine full when we are at our best
Relationships often take the same road
Making too much of one thing to carry a load
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But when that load becomes too much to bear
We wane like the moon and start not to care
It happens as mortals for that’s what we do
We wax and we wane in relationships too
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So keep your heart light and look to the stars
For you never quite know what might create scars
Yet scars are a sign that you truly did live
And for that be thankful that your heart can still give
She was walking down the sidewalk
Under big ole city lights
The dream of dreams she always had
Most every single night
And, momma tried to warn her
Of the wolves that run that town
Then… One casting couch later
And her dreams came tumbling down
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(Chorus)
She sent her wishes to the stars
And prayed some prayers for her success
She didn’t get too far, because
This life is such a mess
And if she’d known back then, the things,
She surely does know now
That stars and prayers and wishes
Don’t always make a happy sound
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That same boy comes in the diner
Almost every single day
He doesn’t order much
And he has even less to say
But soon the furtive glances
Turn into a rendezvous
She never thought her loneliness
Could become a me and you…
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(Repeat chorus)
She sent her wishes to the stars
And prayed some prayers for her success
Now she’s come so far, because
This life she has is blessed
And if she’d known back then, the things,
She surely does know now
That stars and prayers and wishes
In a child’s a happy sound
Yeah, stars and prayers and wishes
In a child’s a happy sound
His chest felt like it was sinking, untethered to anything, so too did his broken heart. Tears flowed in unfettered streams down his cheeks wetting his shirt. Sunlight glistened like tendrils of silver flecks within each drop. As for his heart… It was bereft of the only love it ever knew.
