Life's Greener Grass
Life abounds with a multitude of precipitous sides…
Some comfortable passages; other scurrilous rides.
Scenery may be beautiful or vengeful at will.
The treks can be smooth as glass or hiding a spill.
These insidious sides merely offer each one a chance
To languish on life's dance floor or arise and dance.
Love's indelible effect sweeps aside deleterious strife.
Then grass will always be greener on your side of life.
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Queen of Hearts
52, each a chance
To draw and win...
Then know romance.
There among the cards
So hidden from my view
Just one among many
To spark my life anew.
God deals each with care,
But will you come my way?
I've dreamt of smiling eyes
That crown each joyful day.
I choose one of 52,
Blood rushing to my chest...
Thank God! I've drawn and won.
I've found the very best.
Now love truly starts.
It's you, the Queen of Hearts!
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Make A Difference
Make a difference today.
Help someone find their way.
You may listen intently
Or hold a hand so gently.
Care about their needs and fears;
Really care and share their tears.
Be there when they cry in pain.
Tell them all is not in vain.
If they sink into despair,
Talk of sun that will be there.
Show them love as if sunrays;
Have faith and hope for better days.
Let them know they’re not alone.
See the difference you will own.
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A Second Ago
A second ago I was young.
Everyone else looked old.
I was always among
The newest in the fold.
Clocks seemed never to run.
Mirrors were frozen in time.
I was busy with fun
In a world of the sublime.
Then that second passed by.
All changed before my eyes.
No time to ask how or why
So quickly new moments arise.
Now all young surround me.
I strain to hear what they say.
Waste not a moment since I see
Clock and mirror slipping away.
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My Problems
I really have no problems except those I have made.
My ego and desires light fires that must be paid…
Paid with lost opportunities and forgotten friends,
All due to my own faults and refusals of amends.
The time I take to blame the world I could well invest,
Solving problems of others to bring out their very best.
In doing so I surely know of what reward I’d be paid...
Resolution of painful problems I myself have made.
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Fall On My Knees
As I gaze at the sky and admire the trees,
I can not help but fall on my knees
To thank the Almighty for another chance.
After suffering two cancers it seems a trance,
Though I am still here and a must say
How much more I appreciate every day.
I’ve been reminded that only love I own.
All else that I have is just briefly on loan.
Now I view life’s traumas like opportunities
As I raise my eyes to heaven while here on my knees.
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Love's Message
"I LOVE YOU" HAS THREE SEPARATE PARTS
THAT TAKEN TOGETHER WILL BIND LOVING HEARTS.
IF ONE PART IS MISSING, THERE'S NO LOVE AT ALL.
SO OUT-OF-LOVE IS THE SAD AND EVENTUAL FALL.
THE "I" FIRST MUST KNOW AND LOVE ITSELF FOR SURE.
ONLY THEN CAN IT GIVE SELFLESS "LOVE" THAT IS PURE.
THE "YOU" CHOSEN WITH NO RESTRAINT OR COMPLAINTS
IS "I LOVE YOU, " A MESSAGE FROM GOD AND THE SAINTS.
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My 21 Minutes
TWO MILLION YEARS MAN’S BEEN ON EARTH.
SO HOW CAN I KNOW MY LIFE’S REAL WORTH?
MAN’S EXISTENCE IN TERMS OF ONLY A YEAR
MEANS THAT I HAVE BUT 21 MINUTES HERE.
MOMENTS TO LOVE, LOATHE, LAUGH, LAMENT...
THEN I’VE PASSED BY; MY TIME HAS BEEN SPENT.
SO EVERY ENCOUNTER IS A PRICELESS PHASE
FOR EACH SECOND THAT TICKS IS 23 DAYS.
OH, IN HOW MANY WAYS CAN IT BE MORE CLEAR
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Katrina, Katrina
Katrina, Katrina we felt your winds blow,
With no idea how your waters would flow.
Now we stand in cities forever downed,
Amid homes and bodies forever drowned.
The stench of destruction so many have shared;
A tragic price from politicians ill prepared.
Hopefully, this time the lesson is learned,
And won’t be misguided by those unconcerned.
Costs of prevention are the only way, since
Costs of cure are more than money can pay.
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In Charge Of My Attitude
There aren’t many things I’m responsible for,
But I’m in charge of my attitude right to the core.
At times bad things happen and good things don’t,
But letting them make me unhappy; well I just won’t!
I look at the things that I do have like health and love
And I’m thankful that my gracious Maker from above
Gave me this chance to live, so how could I be so rude
As to damage this precious gift of life with a bad attitude.
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