Chapter 2... A Hand for Life, Life Lessons
"Hellos end stranger-ship"
There is no greater stranger to meet
than the stranger within ourselves,
will you punish yourself for not being
able to understand or forgive my life,
accept me for what I can, for what I
cannot you will never see to appreciate.
"Only the spirit knows"
when grace touches your shoulder
and you feel it to your toes,
who knows where the heights will lead
you when only the spirit knows,
when compassion crosses your brow
and you can feel the spirit move you,
you can believe you'd better listen
to the message that it gives you,
it's when you feel hot flashes
and the feeling sort of grows,
who knows where the heights will lead
you when only the spirit knows,
"Only the spirit knows" cont.
when hope embraces your being
and your feet begin to dance,
is when the spirit has you
and you feel it's your last chance,
when love sweeps through your body
and your face on tire shows,
who knows where the heights will lead
you when only the spirit knows.
"share the caring feeling"
I have no power in these two hands,
but the power of love,
and when I raise these loving hands
the power reigns above,
and I know as I extend these hands
I'll then begin to share,
and when I feel I've helped someone
is when I'll feel care.
"To solve it... resolve it"
Would you tight me now, to
prove your manhood, only to
walk away after and not realize
the tight you faced was with
Yourself; because, the reflection I
n me you fought would be that
in your nature you didn't approve of,
and sought blindly to solve it.
"In me"
The Cherokee in me
despises the white man,
the Irish in me
chokes on the English,
the English in me
restrains the Irish,
the Dutch in me
is very hard-headed, t
he German in me
is willing for change,
the Scotch in me
has quite a sweet tooth,
the Jewish in me
cries at the wall,
the Christ in me
clears up all the confusion,
and beholds all of us
as children of God.
"A choice is made"
As another day dawns
on the choices life contains,
to eat form the banquet table
or simply scrap that remains,
the tug-of-war continues,
the tether trayed form the strains...
a choice is made to live on.
Every day a new beginning
and even it shall see an end,
we should be careful of our tongues
for the messages unmeant to send,
when lives by courtroom bench
will not be straight, but turn to bend,
a choice is made to live on.
when lite's door finally closes...
through death's door we depart,
and those of us left behind
find again we need to start
to push past petty differences,
to seek the purpose of the heart...
a choice is made to live on.
"Catch it"
Anger is the minor infectious
feeling that mankind is bound by,
Love is the major feeling that
trees us all so infectiously.
"Time to think again"
when painful memories are
all we think about,
it's time to think again
about all we've been thinking,
allowing new thoughts an opportunity
to rinse tree the past.
" ... IN EVIDENCE Of... "
To be young is to be over
Concerned with appearance;
But,
To be wise is to be aware
Of the inner needs of people...
That appear quite evidently.
"Mirror image"
when a man,
with blinders on,
speaks of love
he sees only
what's in front
of himself, and
not the horizon
that stretches beyond
man's limited
understanding
of the flesh.
"should be you"
when man creates an image
and calls it oh-so great,
and when that image crumbles
he writes it off to fate,
he'll keep stumbling along,
even though he tries,
because it's the glitter and pomp
that will surely catch the eyes,
open the eyes of the heart
it you truly want to see,
then you'll start to rearrange
the way that you should be.
"Patience"
still water comes to the one
who waits with patience,
true love spans
the gulf of time,
to dissolve the height of tear
or depth of worry,
never a better wonder
will you find.
"Hand of a friend"
oh you, who know not a poet's thought,
or would you find truth in all that's sought,
and should song emerge form idle thought...
can the sound be heard by all,
"Hand of a friend" cont.
for we must make a difference now,
do you see why and even know how?
It takes a hand of a friend,
a friend whose made a stand,
we who are only human-kind,
when kind humans are hard to find,
though the path maybe long and hard,
true friends... there's the treasure.
"Cozy warmth returns form the cold"
So many people misplace
the potion of emotion,
an elixir so near
that we could touch it,
the feeling of touch
some seem not to grasp,
the clasp of a hand, or a smile,
'in just awhile I will,"
is what is said,
but off to bed they do lie,
remaining to try for
this sensation called feeling,
yet unrevealing of themselves
so nothing changes,
caught by the rigid-fridgid
hands of selfishness,
"Cozy warmth returns form the cold" cont.
and quite defenseless they
whisper in my ear
screaming of their sorrow,
l long not to borrow
for the course of my day,
but there's a way to
melt down that mind, I'm
sure you'll find it comes
form warmth, plain and
simply... just form warmth.
"found to be cutting teeth of wisdom"
True spiritual growth comes to those
who've endured the tests and trials
of their life with: faith, strength,
hope, assurance and kindness, but
most of all... love.
"How else"
The idea that we should aspire
to is to live and learn,
how else can we say in life
we've truly lived to earn,
and we should never measure
our life by how low we did go,
we should always try to go higher
than what we've come to know.
"Do be"
Don't be
worried what people say you should be,
Don't be
concerned why they titter and laugh,
Don't be
frustrated where they say you should be,
Don't be
confused when they are too,
Don't be
troubled how you live your life,
Don't be
disturbed who says this or that,
Do be yourself.
"Don't turn away"
Life is the horse
we must climb back on,
even when we tall off
amidst sorrow and pain,
to truly develop the taste
for the meaning of life.
"when you can"
Can you forgive me
of the way I am,
and the way I have
done things before,
it you can do this...
with truth in your heart,
heaven knows all your
treasures you've in store.
"In our weakest moments"
It is only after we've made mistakes
the Lord will bring us through,
for when we acknowledge our failures
and ask forgiveness we can be true,
we find out in our weakest moments
our Lord is our source of strength,
"In our weakest moments" cont.
and when we drink form the water of
life, peace the Lord does bringeth,
so remember, when you truly need
peace and calm you'll seek and find,
Lord Jesus has a way to comfort you
when you need His hands so kind.
"Real key to reality"
when men or women
profess unto their importance
form difference alone,
to any other person,
they lock themselves out
by the very door so necessary
to distinguish real importance,
forgiving-acceptance.
"Can you be no other"
Can you be my brother, a young
man or another,
who will know to show concern
and bother,
just like I was blood kin,
a part of you, and should be
treated as no other.
"Obstacles of the moment"
Have you ever run into a wall?
It will make you stop all progress,
but you have to pick yourself
back up, shake off the indifference
and continue: over, under, around
or through until you're back on the
path or road you have chosen.
"Guidance necessary"
when you cover me in a
blanket of ignorance, I'm
not suppose to see the
many injustices with which
you try to belittle me or
feel the stinging reality
of your slap to my intelligence...
thinking on the truth.
"In the spirit"
I was rocked, shaken,
twisted, twirled, moved
and tossed... and my
feet never left the ground.
"The feelings of driftwood egress"
feelings are often
hidden beneath the surface
of calm cool collected
facial expressions,
just like the ocean's surface.
Surprisingly so,
for you never know what lies
at the bottom... ready
to rise up through the
muck to the surface once more.
Currents of feeling
sweep the shoreline of ego to
render its buried hulls
of discontentment
about the facial landscape.
Turbulent action
strains against the coral-like
sheath of behavior we
call our own, daily
displays of ebbing tossed
"The feeling of driftwood's egress" cont.
Emotions; which are
remnants of scuttled problems
never taken care of.
Submerged errors
may make a man hit the rocks.