Forever

I learn as the years roll onward

And leave the past behind,

That much I have counted sorrow

but proves our God is kind;

That many a flower I longed for

Has a hidden thorn of pain,

And many a rugged path

Led to fields of ripened grain.



The clouds but cover the sunshine;

They cannot banish the sun.

And the earth shines out the brighter

When the weary rain is done.

We must stand in the deepest sorrow

To see the clearest light,

And often from wrong's own darkness

Comes the very strength of right.



We must live through the weary winter

If we could but value the spring,

And the woods must be cold and silent

Before the robins sing.

The flowers must be buried in darkness

Before they can bud and bloom,

And the sweetest and warmest sunshine

Comes after the storm and gloom.



So the heart from the hardest trial

Gains the purest joy of all,

And from the lips that have tasted sadness

The sweetest songs will fall.

For as peace comes after suffering,

And love is reward of pain,

So after earth comes heaven

And out of our loss the gain.

Scent Of Love

Scent Of Love

There is the scent of love

under girding the promises of life

In our being, in our need

to sense the miracle

of God's love as our very essence

So that His love becomes more

than wanting to be right

and to understand that

each of us can stumble and get upset

when it's too dark in the night

For sometimes life is so much more

than we can ever dare to cope

But, if we hold true

then God will bring us His abiding hope

For our hearts to be big enough

to begin anew upon tomorrow

and let yesterday slide away

to keep it's passing sorrow

When sometimes, some days

we can't give of our best

and utter in the confusion

things that are never meant

We learn somehow to live above

mistakes and little flaws

and not demand perfection

but cry unto the Lord

For the kindness every day

to forgive another....

and ourselves, the more

Thus in the never ending miracle

of love's abiding essence

we will rise each day, to walk onward

ever upward

in eternal loveliness

I have one last question mom

I went to a party Mom,


I remembered what you said.

You told me not to drink, Mom,

So I drank soda instead.



I really felt proud inside, Mom,

The way you said I would.

I didn't drink and drive, Mom,

Even though the others said I should.



I know I did the right thing, Mom,

I know you are always right.

Now the party is finally ending, Mom,

As everyone is driving out of sight.



As I got into my car, Mom,

I knew I'd get home in one piece.

Because of the way you raised me,

So responsible and sweet.



I started to drive away, Mom,

But as I pulled out into the road,

The other car didn't see me, Mom,

And hit me like a load.



As I lay there on the pavement, Mom,

I hear the policeman say,

"The other guy is drunk," Mom,

And now I'm the one who will pay.



I'm lying here dying, Mom....

I wish you'd get here soon.

How could this happen to me, Mom?

My life just burst like a balloon.



There is blood all around me, Mom,

And most of it is mine.

I hear the medic say, Mom,

I'll die in a short time.



I just wanted to tell you, Mom,

I swear I didn't drink.

It was the others, Mom.

The others didn't think.



He was probably at the same party as I.

The only difference is, he drank

And I will die.



Why do people drink, Mom?

It can ruin your whole life.

I'm feeling sharp pains now.

Pains just like a knife.



The guy who hit me is walking, Mom,

And I don't think it's fair.

I'm lying here dying

And all he can do is stare.



Tell my brother not to cry, Mom.

Tell Daddy to be brave.

And when I go to heaven, Mom,

Put "GOOD BOY" on my grave.



Someone should have told him, Mom,

Not to drink and drive.

If only they had told him, Mom,

I would still be alive.



My breath is getting shorter, Mom.

I'm becoming very scared.

Please don't cry for me, Mom.

When I needed you, you were always there.



I have one last question, Mom.

Before I say good bye.

I didn't drink and drive,

So why am I the one to die?

"REDEFINITION"............ by me

Once "blind" meant "having no eyes",


Now time demands a redefinition

For now those with eyes have become sightless

They see without seeing, the tears that go untouched





Once "Deaf" meant "having no ears"

Now time demands a redefinition

For today those with ears cant hear

The agonized pleas, the sorrowed cries



Once "Dumb" was "one who could not speak"

Now time demands a redefinition

For those with tongues keep shut their mouths

When the innocents plead for justice



Once "Mad" meant to "Lack senses"

Now time demands a redefinition

For those honouring their brains have turned lunatic

They destroy without caring, they cause pain without guilt



Yes! Time has changed it all

The purity of conscience has defiled

The intensity of emotions has burnt out

In the race for world,title and money

Man has become a stranger to himself



Yes! In his veil of illusion of normalcy

Man deludes in false assurances

his "Supremacy" has been erased by brutality

he now lives as the worst animal



Caught in a disease, unknown

he gradually proceeds towards destruction



But! In this long changed world

The sun still rises and illuminates the dark

Yet! a bud blooms to flower

Unaware of the gloom,the birds still sing

The cool breeze blows to refreshen!



.....And yet! In the souls of many

......Hope still lives...