Do
you think of life differently now that you are older...
then
when you were young?
and
reflect over the decisions you made in your life
as
we all often
do.
Of
course we can't go back and do things over again...
we
can only reflect on what might have been!
If
so, then this book is for you
I
hope the poems will speak to your heart!
Looking
Back !
Looking
back over the years
sometimes
brings happiness
sometimes
brings tears
would
I truly like what I see
or
would I do things differently
if
it could be?
How
would I change things
where
would I start?
Or
are these just reflections of the heart
I
can never go back and do it again
I
can only reflect on
“What
might have been!”
Time!
What
is time
time
is a clock
that
each of us has
that
one day will stop
we
can't speed it up
or
slow down the hour
It's
not given to us to have that power
over
the years the ticking gets louder
to
warn us of the lateness of the hour
everyone
hears it
no
one's set a part
it's
the internal ticking
it's
called the heart !
The
Rose
Out
of the window she does stare
at
the flowers planted there
her
eyes fastened on the rose
her
favorite among all of those
it
has beauty, it has charm
yet
when she held them in her arms
it
was the thorns that pricked her hands
just
like the thorns of man
in
the world so much beauty to behold
yet
a world so often cold
still
she looks upon the rose
and
the thorns of life it holds
to
handled and enjoy the beauty of the rose
one
must accept the thorns it holds!
The
Portrait
Life
is a portrait that's painted by time
by
a master painter who sometimes seems blind
there's
beauty and ugliness between the lines
yet
he hold the brush, and we hope he'll be kind
each
portrait is different, completely unique
but
wouldn't it be wonderful to just sneak a peek
and
see the picture he's painting of you
but
you'll just have to wait until the artist is through
A
Smile
The
value of a smile
cannot
be measured
it
can brighten up a world
or
unlock a treasure
it
speaks a thousand words
yet
not one syllable is heard
from
just a smile
Struggles
Struggles
are what makes us strong
struggles
let us know we belong
the
good, the bad, the happy, the sad
struggles
help us to see
that
life is not partial to you or me
Rose
Colored Glasses
How
you see the world may be different than me
for
we all wear rose colored glasses you see
these
glasses can often distort what we see
a
beautiful butterfly, or a mad stinging bee
it
can hide our own flaws while in others we see
the
way that we think they really should be
rose
colored gl;asses can make us all blind
unloving,
uncaring, and often unkind
we
have different names for the glasses we wear
hatred,
prejudice, and these we all share
we
must take off these glasses
if
we ever want to see
a
clear view of the world, yourself, and me
The
Butterfly
Love
is like a beautiful butterfly
that
we all like to see
we
want to capture it and hold it close
to
study it's beauty
only
to discover it will soon die
if
its not set free to be itself
love
like a butterfly
cannot
be smothered
it
must be free to be
in
order to survive and remain
beautiful,
then it will come
and
light on your shoulder
Happiness
What
is happiness,
can
it be held
in
the palm of the hand
is
it the love between
a
woman and a man
is
happiness acquiring riches
for
the eye to behold
or
a nest egg to help you
survive
when you're old
is
happiness different from
when
you were Young
and
had stars in your eyes
`
and love songs were sung
is
happiness different
now
that you're old
would
you share a different story
if
the truth could be told
Poverty
Poverty
is a condition
of
the mind, body, and soul
its
what's present in society that
keeps
it from being whole.
The
Good Life
The
good things in life are totally free
and
are available to you and me
the
Sun, the Moon, the stars in the sky
are
gifts from God to you and I
the
lakes, the streams, the mountains high
these
are all things that money can't buy
Life
What
is life....life is a stage
that
we all start acting on
at
a very early age
what
is life.....life is a script
who's
pages you sometimes want to rip
you
would love to start over
and
act it again
and
re-write the pages
from
beginning to end
but
the curtains are open
the
stage lights are on
and
you don't know when
your
audience will be gone
you
must stay on the stage
for
as long as you can act
for
one day the director will say
“That's
a Wrap!”
The
Lesson Of The
Weeping
Willow
I
passed a tree the other day
it
spoke to me in a special way
it
told me how to react to life
the
trouble it can bring and its strife
it
told me to bend and to sway
like
it did until the storms went away
like
the willow I want to be
accepting
all that life has for me
learning
to accept life and be strong
knowing
that the storm won't last to long
Age
Age
teaches a lesson
that
can only be learned
as
the years advance
and
life's clock turns
then
we yearn for
“yest-er-
years”
when
we thought we saw
life
oh so clear
we
thought we
had
the secret to life
in
the palm of our hand
no
one knew more than us
or
could understand
only
to discover
it's
a delusion common to man
it's
then we discovered the secret to life
is
to love your creator,
your
neighbors and enjoy a
good
life
Families
A
mom, a dad
the
good the bad
children
to love
faith
from above
thank
God for your family
True
Beauty
True
Beauty is not just a face
but
can be found
in
the most dismal a place
beauty
is a giving soul
a
smile on a face
when
your world is cold
it's
going that extra mile
just
to see the warmth of a smile
beauty
is in everyone you see
if
you look beyond the face
and
set it free
Faith
Faith
is believing what you cannot see
a
measure was given to you and me
it's
what keeps us going
and
makes us strong
faith
in our hearts is God's love song
There's
A Light At
The
End Of The Road
There's
a light at the end of the road
where
your story one day will be told
every
page of your life God will see
will
he be happy at what he reads
he'll
play your life movie
from
beginning to end
and
then decide if you've
been
an enemy or a friend!
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