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CHILDREN LOST
PRECIOUS FACE SO FULL OF TEARS
LOOK TO GOD TO CALM YOUR TEARS
CALM THE HURT AND SMALL ARMS BRUISED
WITH THE ANGELS SONGS BE SOOTHED

TRY NOT TO CRY OH LITTLE ONE
YOUR HEAVEN'S JOURNEY HAS JUST BEGUN
FORGET THE PAIN AND TRY TO SLEEP
THE LORD ABOVE, YOUR SOUL WILL KEEP

FORGIVE YOURSELF, YOU'VE DONE NO WRONG
THOUGH YOU'VE BEEN TOLD THAT FOR SO LONG
THE ONE'S THAT HURT YOU WILL PAY DEAR
DON'T YOU WORRY, THEIR JUDGEMENT'S NEAR

FOR EVERY CHILD THAT'S LOVED AND MORE
THERE LIVES A CHILD ABUSED "NEXT DOOR"
REMEMBER THE CHILDREN WHO HAVE NO LOVE
EXCEPT FROM THE GRACIOUS LORD ABOVE

WRITTEN MARCH 5TH, 2001


(THIS POEM WAS NOT MEANT TO OFFEND ANYONE IN ANY WAY, IT IS ONLY WHAT I FEEL IN MY HEART. IF I HAVE IN ANY WAY DONE SO, I AM TRULY SORRY)
LONELY ONE
WHAT'S A CHILD WITHOUT A HOME
LEFT TO FACE THE WORLD ALONE
LOVING ARMS HE REACHES FOR
BUT ONLY FACES TIGHT CLOSED DOORS

NO ONE THERE TO KISS HIS TEARS
TO CHASE AWAY HIS MIDNIGHT FEARS
HE CRIES ALONE TO GOD ABOVE
WISHING FOR SOMEONE TO LOVE

IN THE DARK HE SHIVERS DEEP
AND SOMETIMES DREAMS OF ENDLESS SLEEP
REACH WITH YOUR HEART SOFT TOUCH HIS FACE
TAKE HIM TO YOUR HOME SO SAFE

LOVE HIM LIKE HE NEEDS TO BE
HE'LL LOVE YOU BACK, JUST WAIT AND SEE
FOR ALL HE WANTS IS FOR YOU TO SHOW
THAT IN THIS WORLD, HE'S GOOD TO KNOW

WRITTEN FEBRUARY 2001
ANGEL WINGS HIGH


SO COLD AND DARK IT WAS TODAY
I BEGGED THE SUNSHINE WARM TO STAY
RAIN BEAT DOWN, THE WIND BLEW STRONG
THOSE CLOUDS OF GLOOM THEY STAYED SO LONG

RUSTLING LEAVES TO THE HEAVENS DO FLY
UPON THE BREEZE ON ANGEL WINGS HIGH
COLOURS BRIGHT WITH RAINDROPS NEW
LIKE THE LEAVES, I WANT TO FLY TO

ABOVE THE EARTH I WILL FLY FREE
LOOK TO THE CLOUDS AND YOU WILL SEE
LIKE A SMALL WILD BIRD UPON THE WING
WITH A VOICE AGLOW I'LL SWIFTLY SING

OF THE HEAVENS AND OF GODS LOVE
YOU'LL HEAR IT ALL FROM UP ABOVE
I'LL SPREAD THE WORD SO FAR AROUND
LISTEN FOR THAT JOYFUL GOLDEN SOUND

SO WHEN ON THOSE DAYS SO FULL OF GLOOM
YOU FEEL SO DOWN AND BLUE
JUST SING ALONG WITH THE ANGELS
GODS' EMBRACE WILL WELCOME YOU

WRITTEN FEBRUARY 12TH, 2001
SPIRIT ONE
( A SIMPLE PRAYER)


FLOWERS OF GOLD AND HONEY SWEET
ON THE PATH BEFORE ME LAY
BETWEEN THE ROWS OF ANGEL FEET
I KNELT DOWN, BEGAN TO PRAY

"FATHER LOVE US, DON'T FORGET
THAT OUR HEARTS ARE PURE
HOLD US WITH YOUR SPIRIT GREAT
YOUR HANDS SO STRONG AND SURE"

"BLESS THE CHILDREN WHILE THEY SLEEP
KEEP THEM SAFE FROM HARM
NEVER LET THEM WITH TEARS WEEP
WITH FEAR FROM NATURES STORM"

"BLOW THE BREEZES SOFTLY NOW
LET THE NORTH WIND BLOW
MAKE THE SPIRIT IN US NOW
GLOW BRIGHT AND FREELY FLOW"

"THANK-YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO
AND FOR ALL IT'S WORTH
MY SIMPLE HEART TRULY THANKS YOU TO
FOR MAKING IT HEAVEN ON EARTH"

WRITTEN FEBRUARY 2001
SO YOUNG


TAKEN FROM THE WORLD SO YOUNG
THIS TINY LIFE IT WAS NOT DONE
KEEP HIM UP IN HEAVEN SAFE
WITHIN THE REACH OF GODS EMBRACE

TO BE HELD BY LOVING ARMS
NEVER AGAIN LET HIM SEE HARM
UNTIL ONE DAY HE'LL SEE AGAIN
HIS MOTHERS LOVING EYES, AND THEN

LET HIS SPIRIT SHINE SO BRIGHT
AND ON ANGEL WINGS TAKE FLIGHT
LET HIM SHOW WHAT HE CAN DO
SEND HIM AGAIN TO THE LOVE HE KNEW

WRITTEN APRIL 2001









Poetry is Alive

Someone once told me
That poetry is dead
But I thought that if you listen carefully
You could hear what poetry has said

Just listen close to nature
Poetry is whispering in your ear
It's crying in the sound of rain
As if poetry is in pain

It's the laughter of the birds
Chirping up above
As if poetry
Is falling in love

It's the poetry that brings us
So many emotions
I wish that I could bottle
Poetry as a potion

For poetry is not dead
It's very much alive
Just take the time to listen to the sounds of nature
Poetry isn't a crime

Poetry is ever changing
In a powerful way
It has the ability
To say what we can't say

It can even comfort us
When nobody can
Whoever told me that poetry was dead
Wasn't even human




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