Without you, where would I be?

for that person who has done all this for me

Without you, where would I be, what would I do, how could I be? 
You came into my life: like a star in my sky and helped me to see
You're my closest, kindest friend, someone upon whom I can depend
I know we will always be the truest of friends until the very end.

You came when I was weeping, when the world had all turned gray
When my eyes were puffed and swollen from the happenings of that day
With your words you calmed my spirit and with your presence let me know
That no more days would ever greet me with the return of such a show.

Without you, where would I be, what would I do, how could I be? 
You came into my life: like a star in my sky and helped me to see
You're my closest, kindest friend, someone upon whom I can depend
I know we will always be the truest of friends until the very end.

Patiently you would lead me through the past hurts and the pain
And whenever I was being triggered guided me away from that again
Knowing of my painful history, my traumas and of my dreadful hurt
You walked in with feathered slippers, helped me find my own self worth.

Without you, where would I be, what would I do, how could I be? 
You came into my life: like a star in my sky and helped me to see
You're my closest, kindest friend, someone upon whom I can depend
I know we will always be the truest of friends until the very end.

So don't be too alarmed if I am writing for you this poetic phrase
That sings to you my gratitude for your dedication and gift of days
There aren't too many people like you in this enormous world of ours
You are truly one in a million and you  outshine the brightest stars

Without you, where would I be, what would I do, how could I be? 
You came into my life: like a star in my sky and helped me to see
You're my closest, kindest friend, someone upon whom I can depend
I know we will always be the truest of friends until the very end.

Even after the darkest night

Sometimes the storms are many and the sunny days are few
You look around for daylight and the darkness follows you
It's a time of difficulties and a time of constant pain
But this will soon be passing, you'll feel better once again

With the changing seasons, the universe needs to adjust
Leaves are falling freely and the flowers become dust
Though it seems so dismal and everything's on the ground
The buried seed's forgotten, when plants are all around

Life seems to have its pattern of falling and of rising
Sometimes we think it's ending but hope is so  surprising
There is nothing that is hidden that won't come into the light
The dawn will always rise up: even after the darkest night.

Should we worry, should we care?

Shivering children watched the sky
As the war planes passed them by
"Peace on earth: no more",  they cried
"It could have happened if we tried"

Streets are streaming with a fog
Dust is settling, gruesome smog
Words explain this on some blog
It's the opening of a prologue.

Broken buildings shattered doors
Remnants of glass covering floors
Homeless people out in scores
Does it move this heart of yours?

"This is happening over there:
Should we worry, should we care?
This isn't really our affair?"
All our soldiers are over there...

Returning home with tears and scars
Service people, kin of ours
Hailed as heros and as stars
In their memories:  ruins and chars

What nature allows

Only an artist would have leaves all around
To color and cover earth's shivering ground
And only the poet could find them ornate
And savor the sounds they tend to create

The autumn, with mystery is beautiful to see
Yet we try to erase it with all of our machinery
Reducing the outside to  "shaven and clean"
Where is the beauty if nature's unseen?

Who set the rules to what it is so clean
Who created the outline, what does this mean?
Should we be removing what nature allows
By raking and mowing and running of plows?

The signs were there but we refused to see them..

The signs were there but we refused to see them
The earth would quake but we would pay no heed
The nations were seeing the surge of many waters
How many more warnings of nature do we really need?

The earth is crying out because of the unrestrained violence
Competitions and the un-compromise is making her so tense
Sometimes she shivers and this is is the start of all her tremors
Is anyone noticing or heeding these direct messages of hers?

The signs were there but we refused to see them
The earth would quake but we would pay no heed
The nations were seeing the surge of many waters
How many more warnings of nature do we really need?

We live in a world that would have us all up there with the highest
Walking side by side in peace is considered way too unbiased
To tear apart and eliminate every single dreadful enemy
Seems to be the form of handling that we have learned to see..

The signs were there but we refused to see them
The earth would quake but we would pay no heed
The nations were seeing the surge of many waters
How many more warnings of nature do we really need?

Will we ourselves be the cause of our  own dissolution
it's not the world outside that is needing a revolution
If we would find happiness and the life that we really need
Each person and every nation will need to lose their greed

The signs were there but we refused to see them
The earth would quake but we would pay no heed
The nations were seeing the surge of many waters
How many more warnings of nature do we really need?

The right way

I have no fear with Jesus near
His words and ways are mine
His Spirit moves my heart to hear
The wisdom of Love Divine.

Sometimes the demons, they frighten me
For they attack me night and day
But, I  call upon my Jesus constantly
And He sends some angels my way

It's not for fame or worldly praise
That I write some words each day
But rather to allow the Maker of days
To express through me His way.

If you are trembling and full of fear
And not knowing which way to go
Call upon the Almighty One most dear
And the path for you He'll show.