Life is similar to reading a bookOnce you start it, you’re forever hooked Hooked on life’s many ups and downsAnd all of its crazy turn-a-rounds There’s always something new to exploreWhen life opens another door One day is filled with beautiful dreamsThe next, you encounter heartaches and schemes As you wind your way through perils and stormsYou wonder how you […]
My head is spinningMy mouth is dryMy eyes fill with tearsI start to cry What’s happening hereThree people shotKids killing kidsAll for naught Three grieving mothersLost their sonsThree lives lostFrom illegal guns Three sad funerals to arrangeWhy can’t they see there’s got to be a changeWhat will it take? When will we seeThat illegal guns should never be
AT EVENING……WHEN I LAY DOWN TO REST I SOMETIMES WANDER IF IVE DONE MY BEST TO BE SOMEONE’S “GOOD NEIGHBOR’ OR TO BE A GOOD “BEST FRIEND” OR DID I TRY…..TO HURRY ON BY TRYING HARD TO PRETEND THAT I HADN’T NOTICED THE SADNESS OR I WASN’T BOTHERED BY NEEDS BUT JUST LET THE THOUGHTS GO AND WATCHED THEM BLOW……….. […]
OH MYSTIC POWERS OF THE HEART PLEASE REMOVE THIS STINGING DART THAT HAS HASTENED PASSION TO DIE AND CAUSED A LOVING HEART TO CRY MOVE QUICKLY NOW, FILL IT WITH BLISS FROM A LOVERS TENDER KISS GIVEN SOFTLY UPON THE FACE TO START A HEART AGAIN,,,,TO RACE SEND A LOVE TO IGNITE THE FIRE TO WARM A HEARTS CHILLING DESIRE.
THIS IS THE SEASON…..TO LOVE HIM OR LEAVE HIM I WISH I COULD DECIDE I’M TIRED OF THE GRIEF…..AND ALL THE DECEIT TIRED OF GOING ALONG FOR THE RIDE LOVE HIM OR LEAVE HIM…WHAT’S THE SOLUTION I CAN’T COME UP WITH A PLAN SHOULD THE PROBLEM…I MEET OR GIVE UP IN DEFEAT AND BURY MY HEAD IN THE SAND BUT….WHAT’S […]
WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE ALL ALONE AND IN NO ONE YOU CAN CONFIDE YOU NEED NOT FEAR, JUST BE AWARE THAT GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE HE’LL LISTEN FOR YOUR EVERY CRY ON THIS YOU CAN DEPEND HE’LL BE RIGHT THERE, DON’T DESPAIR HE’S MORE THAN JUST A FRIEND JUST LET HIM IN, DON’T KEEP HIM OUT IN YOUR […]
“April” is a very special month … not only because it’s National Poetry Month, but because 76 years ago, my mother, Elizabeth “Honey” Hall, gave birth to a beautiful baby girl … ME! So, if you don’t mind, please allow me a moment to wish myself a Happy Birthday! Thank you, Lord, for another Blessed Year … Happy Birthday to me, […]
SOME DAYS I TRY JUST TO GET BY I WANT TO CRY BUT INSTEAD I SIGH AND LOOK UP HIGH WHERE GOD ABIDES AND THEN…I SMILE WHEN LIFE’S NOT FAIR AND I CAN’T BEAR WITH GOD I SHARE BECAUSE HE CARES HE’S ALWAYS THERE AND HE LOVES ME DEAR SO THEN AGAIN…I SMILE I wrote this poem […]
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