Remember! Remember! Remember!

As you look in the mirror remember;
Remember as clock bells chime.
Remember, remember, remember
You’re living on borrowed time.

From the future you borrow the present
With nothing but an I.O.U.
Remember there’ll be a payback
When all the presents come due.

So cherish all your loved ones.
Never forget to say,
“I love you, I need you, I want you
Each in your very own way.”

Gaze at the brilliant sun
Or marvel at each cloud formation.
Every fleeting moment enjoy
This wondrous, yet transient creation.

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A Wise Toad

I talked to a toad and he asked me,
'Are humans as ignorant as they seem to be? '
All over the world they fight and kill,
Saying they do it because of their god's will.
I'm just a toad, but I'm sure that a divine god
Wouldn't give such actions an approving nod.
Then so many die for that thing called democracy,
But those few winning get most of stuff called money.
All the rest just exist day by day and hour by hour,
While the rich get richer and gain unbridled power.
Although I may have lots of warts and be just a toad,
I'll bet I can find humans a kinder and gentler road.'

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You Look Cute Today

Darling daughter, when on the phone,
I usually say, 'You look cute today.'
Bet you're wondering all on your own,
'Without seeing me, there’s no way.'

'Hair's a mess; no make-up in sight;
These jeans have seen a better day.
I can't be cute. That's not right.
What a thing for dear dad to say.'

Maybe I'm thinking how cute you were
At one, ten, twenty and more…
Sweet and kind with a beautiful mind
And a countenance for all to adore.

Even on the phone or when I'm alone,
I'm right each time I say that
I love you and miss you
And have no doubt that…

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Afghanistan

Lives wasted as our country has no decent cause
In a country where the lawless make their own laws.
Thousands of mountains and thousands of years
Have wrought nothing but suffering, death and tears.
Not long ago America’s civil war caused 600,000 deaths,
While 50 years past the Vietnam choked 56,000 American breaths.
Because of ignorance and greed we insist that the answer is killing
Even though much of our young boys’ blood is still spilling.
Killing the enemy won’t change the way that they think.
It’s as ludicrous as curing a drunk by giving him more to drink.

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We The People

When the Executive, Legislative and Judicial fail, it’s official;

A new trail must then determined by the people in the streets,

Not by law makers… the law breakers in their comfortable seats.

Government is not of the people, by the people, for the people today.

It’s of a wealthy few, by a select minority not caring what we say.

If it continues this course, there will be widespread conflict and force.

We the people, the middle class, founded this country and made it great.

We need to unite and articulate our message to the ruling noble class before it’s too late

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What I Don't Have

What I don’t have concerns me a lot.
I strive for it every day.
What I do have concerns me not.
In fact, it seems in my way.

I crave things I missed when young
Like money, houses and cars.
I always felt I was among
Those missing their shooting stars.

Even today when I look around
I don’t think I have enough.
No matter what fortune I’ve found,
I’m worried that things are tough.

Others seem to have more than I do.
I’m amazed at how much they’ve got.
I wonder if it has something to do
With things that concern me not.

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September

How can this year now be on its descent
Even before my time has been well spent?
Schools bulge with students and teachers.
Lectures and homework take on familiar features.

Though what is distinctly unfamiliar and tragic
Is how quickly learning quality is losing its magic
Due to ineptitude of leaders we’ve put in place,
Whose capabilities and interests leave a dark space.

Just as leaves start to wither and fall from the trees
Let us not stand by as our schools fall to their knees.
Students who suffer from this system so dower
Will be our incompetent, dishonest leaders tomorrow.

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Crime of Life

Life seems but a memory of years
Gone by too fast.
Before we can live the present,
The future is the past.

Tomorrow is yesterday;
An instant is today.
The present is just a pause
Along past's fleeting way.

Seconds tick, days go by
And years bow out of sight.
Time speeds on as days are born;
Then devoured by each night.

Mankind's curse is overlooked
By Old Father Time, who steals
Our precious gift
With life's most hideous crime.

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Our World

A fountain of joy and yet of sorrow,
Of love today and hate tomorrow.

A mirror of heaven, a dungeon of hell
Where good and evil both do well.
A creation whose people are steeped in sin,
But with faith that atones for the state
They're in.

A garden of food, a desert of none,
In which many suffer for the sake of one.
A victim torn between right and wrong
By the devil’s curse and the angel’s song.

A turmoil where good 'n bad resemble
Each other and nations plot to destroy another.
A sanctuary of peace threatened with strife
Where death gives way to vibrant new life.
Our world!

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New Year 2001...Ironic!

Two thousand years ago a child was born
Now two thousand years from then, centuries have been torn
By wars and hate and lusts of men refusing to be filled

Now two thousand years have been beaten and been killed
This new millennia can heal wounds of the past
Only if man looks back and stands aghast

At blood that has flowed from his fellow man
At sick and poor and the sorrow they withstand
Only then can the spirit of a child born long ago
Save the world from hate and help us to know

That through love there is a future free and clear
Let us not repeat the past in this bright new year!

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