THE WAIL OF A PASSING TRAIN
The mournful wail of a passing train
Sobs upon the night
The bitter cry of hearts within,
Uncertain, tinged with fright.
For one attempts to runaway;
From what? He does not know;
Complexities he cannot face
Enhance the urge to go.
Another seeks utopia
By searching day on day,
Yet overlooks each pot of gold
He passes on the way.
Oh hungry hearts that leave a feast
And seek a crumb in vain,
Your plaintive cry sobs on the night
In the wail of a passing train.
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CRAZY IN LOVE
I'm walking around on a billowy cloud
And giving misfortune a shove;
I'm riding a rainbow and laughing aloud
Because I am crazy in love.
I'm building a castle that kisses the sky
And paving the airways with down;
I'll bridle the stars that come dallying by
To light and adorn a new gown.
I'm bribing the moon to use magic tonight
And sprinkle it down from above,
To make the whole world a retreat of delight
Because I am crazy in love.
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THE DEPTH OF THINGS
The depth of much cannot be measured here,
For who can know the pit of blackest fear,
And who can tell the depth that joys attain,
Unless it is just beyond the realm of pain?
To what great depth of mind is knowledge packed,
That deepens as it learns how much is lacked?
Oh who can say how deep a love can grow?
Such depth as these are, only God can know.
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MALIGNITY
A pebble of resentment may be small
And one may fail to see it growing tall
Until, in blank dismay, he finds himself
A solitary prisoner by its wall.
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MEETING
Although you are far away,
I shall meet with you tonight;
I will search my heart today
For the words I want to say,
Tender words, sincere and right.
When the time comes floating by,
I shall fling them on the air;
Somewhere there up in the sky
They will meet your words that fly;
This night shall meet in prayer.
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WEB OF LOVE
Fools there are who think that love can die;
Who walk into its web without a care,
Where threads of gossamer reach out to tie
The pith of life, forever captive, there.
Each struggle will enhance the silken snare,
And though the life, itself, may hold its sway,
The essence is the web's eternal prey.
Who walk together nothing can confound,
For gossamer is but a veiling thrown
About a bit of heaven, to surround
The plot, and keep it ever for their own;
But weary is the one who walks alone.
Fools there are who think that love can die,
And oh, the greatest fool of fools am I!
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