The Summer of 2017

Hurricane M and Hurricane I

Lives and homes lost

In the blink of an eye

The fires of hell burning

All hope is lost

The world is churning

Awaiting the final cost

 

One man guns down five hundred plus

Wars have been declared for less

Yet we roll over without even a fuss

To save ourselves from the mess

Of passing a law that may offend a few

Even though it will save all the rest

 

So the cameras are rolling

The scene is all set

The Orange man is all aglow

We know there is a toll

That has not been paid yet

Will this be his final blow

My Children

It is not how much I have gathered

Through my honest work or even greed

In the end possessions won’t matter

But what flowers from each planted seed

I wanted them to have all my heart

And leave no part of my love unused

Give them an easier place to start

Let them find their own dreams to pursue

I wonder will they remember well

The lessons that I have tried to teach

Those things that I tried to gently tell

To show that hope is within their reach

To show them not to stand on the stage

Instead intermingle with the crowd

Always have the want to turn the page

Be the one of whom they could be proud

They’re the footprints that I leave behind

They will be my only legacy

They will be the story brought to mind

When my grandchildren remember me

Life

The stone is set;

My die has been cast

What the future brings;

Will slide into the past

No amount of want;

Can ever make it stay

It will fade into the memories;

Of just another day

God’s Grace

When the light seems to be fading away

And you’re not sure anymore where you stand

No matter how far from home you might stray

He will always be there to hold your hand

Whenever your road was rough to travel

Or those many times you had felt denied

All the times you watched your dreams unravel

He was there with you standing by your side

Heavenly Father

 

I’ve seen dark times, felt like I was fading away

Life’s obstacles kept crushing me into the ground

Stuck in my lonely gloom with nothing left to say

I wondered if any hope could ever be found

 

When my summer sun had fallen into darkness

My voice of reason had faded into the night

I found myself alone facing this world’s harshness

Drowning in my emptiness till I saw your light

 

I look back now, at all those times of frustration

Wondering how the hell it all ever happened

I must never again give in to temptation

Your love is truly all that can be imagined