What a day to be twenty-one, A clear blue sky, A brilliant sun, A contradiction! There is no birdsong, The silence is eerie! A feeling of unease, Fills my being! As I look at The foundations laid out, Like graves. I have visions of grief! Panic and fear, of People I’ve never met but, Will [...]
Hope in an unheard heart
Watching through her own little window. She’s unseen and unheard. Her world is a pool of thoughts and ideas but no one wants to hear them. She has visions that could change the world. But she’s too afraid to speak out. She knows they will not listen or care. So she keeps her dreams of [...]
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
One night we sang an old war song, About the “BOYS IN BLUE”- The song was sung by “BOYS IN GRAY” They seemed to like it too! We saw again the river flow, WHERE THE LINCOLN GUNBOATS LAY! WE HEARD THE DRUMS THAT LED THE BOYS FROM ‘LANTA TO THE BAY. We saw Old Lincoln, [...]
My First True Girl
I waited on the hill one day- The rain had drifted o’er- The sun came out a little while, Before the end of day- When suddenly my thoughts went wild- A MILLION MILES AWAY! I saw again, a thin young man- I wonder, can it be? An Angel found my first true girl, AND…..BROUGHT HER [...]
Razor’s Edge
I walked upon a razor’s edge, My feet were bleeding crimson red, The pain was great, I slipped and fell, And landed in the pit of Hell. And Satan greeted me with glee, He said, “How are you, can’t you see, That you are in my world to stay? I own your soul and you [...]
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