Communication

Share

With me

The inner

Secrets

Of your heart

Open

To me

The closed

Doors

Of your mind

Trust

Unto me

The hidden

Treasures

Of your soul

Bless

Me

With the

Gentleness and warmth

Of your touch

Whisper

With tenderness

The subtle thoughts

That tickle

And caress

My ear

Shout 

With boldness

The urgent message

That I

Somehow

Refused to receive

So tell me

The message

And the meaning

And show me

The words

Upon your heart

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It's outrageous
It's contagious
Violence is raging
Killing our nation
People are screaming
Leaders are dreaming
Try to make changes
But evil rearranges
Good people are trying
Good people are dying
Bad men take rule
So don't be a fool
Give God respect
And protect yourself
Always do right
Please don't fight
Right will make might
And darkness will turn to light
So just be strong
It won't be too long
The just one will return
For vengeance he does yearn
Then all things will be straight
It will be worth the wait
Learn to endure
Deliverance is sure and secure
Keep hope alive
It's what we need to survive
And don't forget to pray
It doesn't matter what you say
But most of all serve him
Because he's coming back again
And he's going to take his own
When he travels to his home
To live eternally
Free from evil, really free
Free from evil, really free
Free from evil, really free


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Comfort

Your love

Provides for me

A shelter

A hiding place

From the ravishes

Of this world

A sanctuary

From the onslaught

Of life’s pain

A quiet place

To repose

To heal

Your love 

Is as a blanket

A covering of warmth

A protection against

The coldness

Cruelness and

Negativity

That is in the world

A layer of softness

That I can cuddle up to

Your love 

Is as

An anchor

A rock

That provides

For me

The stability

And reference

That I need

To give me

Direction

In life

Your love

Is as

A beacon

A guiding light

That leads me

Through the darkness

And dangers

Of the tempestuous

And troubled

Waters of life

Your love 

Is as

A spirit

That melds itself

With mine

And holds me

And lets me know

That everything

Is all right

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As If

Want me

As if I were the favorite food you crave to eat

Hold me

As if your blood supply was connected to mine

Need me

As if your existence rested upon me being near

Kiss me

As if your air supply originates it my mouth

Love me

As if today was your last day on Earth, your last chance to be loved

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VICTUALS

Tough meat!  One day while wrestling with my meal, I was interrupted.  I was glad.  It was a rough meal!

The meat was hard to chew and even harder to swallow.  This I knew before-hand, but I thought I’d give it a try anyway.  I needed the nourishment.  The meal consisted of things that were, by sight familiar, but by taste, they were very foreign.  I ate it anyway.  It was filling, it satisfied my hunger.

My meal was interrupted by a preacher.  A preacher who told me words of God’ s wisdom.  A preacher who told me I had a deeper hunger that needed to be fed.  A preacher who showed me a better way of life, and death.  A preacher who offered me a spiritual meal.

My first meal was interrupted and I was glad.  The second meal that was offered me, made me sad.  Sad because it was just like the first.  It was full of things that were familiar to me.  It was full of things that would nourish me and satisfy me.  I tasted it.  It was hard to chew so I did not swallow.  It was a rough meal.  Tough meat!

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Twilight

Twilight breeze
Whispering through the trees

A flower bows
And closes its leaves

The moon climbs
Its ladder to the sky

Sandman sprinkles
His potion into your eyes


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the men w/ green faces

the men w/ green faces all act the same.
the men w/ green faces don’t have no names.
the men w/ green faces don’t care about life.
the men w/ green faces all yearn for strife.

the men w/ green faces don’t care about themselves.
the men w/ green faces all strive for Hell.
the men w/ green faces they’re all just scum.
the men w/ green faces can’t be helped by no one.

But the men I see live in a shell
That’s hardened through the years.
The men I see have pain inside.
But they fight to hide the tears.

The men I see really need help.
But to get it, they know not the way.
The men I see, without this help,
Are dying day by day.

the men w/ green faces are low life bums.
the men w/ green faces don’t live in homes.
the men w/ green faces live by the night.
the men w/ green faces live by the fight.

the men w/ green faces thy don’t want jobs.
the men w/ green faces are all just slobs.
the men w/ green faces are addicts on dope.
the men w/ green faces live w/out hope.

The men I see need help for sure,
They need someone to care.
They need someone to stand by them,
Someone who’ll always be there.

They need someone to share their pains,
And share their problems too!
The men I see really need to know true love.
The men I see need you!


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MASOCHISTIC LOVE SONG

Baby baby
Ooh ooh baby
You really love me true

Baby baby
Oh my baby
And truly I love you

The way you treat me's
Like no other
You really do me good

Baby baby
Ooh ooh baby
The way you really should

Take that chain
And beat me baby
Till I beg for more

Take my hands
And smash them honey
In our car's front door

Baby baby
Ooh ooh baby
Knock me to my knees

Baby baby
Oh my baby
Your bullwhip sure does please

Take our truck
Run over me sugar
Now that's a real RV

When you pass
Just come back lover
And spin the tires on me

Drag me down
The freeway mama
At 90 miles or so

Hit the brakes
Ooh I love the feeling
As over the top I go

Baby baby
Those rubdowns baby
Are the best I've ever had

No one is
As good as you are
With those Brillo pads

Baby baby
Oh my baby
You love so tenderly

And when we're done
With our smokes dear
You can put them out on me


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PILGRIMAGE

Who’s on the path of righteousness?
Who really knows what’s best?
Who can say how I must live?
How can one make rule for all the rest?

Some say it’s here, some say it’s there,
Some say it doesn’t exist.
Some say it’s now, some say it’s future,
Some say we’ve already missed!

Some say there’re many ways to come,
Some say there’s only one.
Some say the quota has been filled,
Some say that there is none.

So what is truth, so what is right
Just how can I decide?
To whom do I heed of all that speak?
How can I know who lies?

Is there one to show me
Or to somehow demonstrate,
The kind of life that I should live,
The road that I should take?

I must confess that I am tired
Of searching all alone.
I must confess that I am lost.
All ways I’ve tried were wrong.

Where is that way that leads to life,
Where is that way that’s best?
Where is that way that leads to truth,
That path of righteousness?


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Proverbs 16:33

To influence a world that is so vast,
Into the lap the lot is cast.

To manipulate and decisions make,
A destiny of future to perhaps create.

But does chance or luck really exist?
Is life on earth really so hit and miss?

In the ordered world that God has made,
The plan for each destiny is clearly laid.

That turns each little moment into a great feat.
That’s why I’m glad for this “chance” to meet.


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SECRETS

Twinkle, twinkle little star,
Who does know just what we are?
Who can tell us of our ways?
Who can number all our days?
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
Who does know what’s in our hearts?


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JEHOVAH

Lift your hands up
And sing your heart
Out and sing your
Heart out with me.

We will sing of
His grace and mercy
We’ll praise His name
As we sing of Him.

Jehovah Jireh,
Lord you provideth.
Jehovah Shalom,
You give us peace.

Jehovah Shammah,
You’re always with us.
Jehovah Nissi,
We’ll follow thee.

And we thank you Lord
For loving us so.
And we thank you Lord
For saving our souls.

Jesus my Lord,
You are creator.
Jesus my friend,
You walk with me.

Jesus the King,
You reign forever.
Jesus the Lamb,
You died for me.

Lift your hands up
And sing your heart
Out and sing your
Heart out with me.

We will sing of
His grace and mercy
We’ll praise His name
As we sing.


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Warm

On this cold, cold night
My heart is warmed from within
With each gaze of you


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PSALM 51

Lord help me in my hour of need,
My time of deep regret.
A time when I suffer for forgetting you,
While me you never forget.

As a wayward child, I slumber home,
With a broken spirit and a sorrowful face.
You await me, as always, with your open arms of mercy and love…
Why did I ever leave in the first place?

Jesus hold me in your strong, loving arms
And please Lord, hold me tight.
Keep me close to you in your holy light
And hide my face from Satan’s evil night.

Lord I know that you are truly able
To keep me perfectly!
And the responsibility for staying close to you,
Really lies with me!

So please me to live and abide in your love
And give to you my all.
By doing this I know that I
Shall never, ever, fall!


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Unseen

Hidden deep inside-
There are better parts of me-
Wanting to be free


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Hands

Though not elected
You were selected

To the highest office in the land
With all power held in your hand

The power that rocked the cradle
That lifted up when we weren't able

The power that wiped all tears away
Whose touch healed wounds gotten at play

The power that cleaned the house and baked the bread
And wielded a comb through each nappy head

The power that guided to what is right
And protected from monsters on scary nights

The power to give continually and receive nothing in return
Teaching all there was to learn

The power that lifted up in love
Such power comes solely from above

So with a grateful hand all salute and say
You deserve so much love and Happy Mother's Day


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Twinkle

Twinkle toes
Everyone knows
Your twinkle is sweet
That's the way it goes


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Cleanse

Cold winds bare the soul-
A warm heart soothes the spirit-
Tears wash both clean

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TIME

Time is so important when you have something to do.
It often creeps up on people, sometimes me, sometimes you.

Time is so available unless there’s something on your mind.
Then time is really very hard to find.

There is never enough time for what I want to say or do!
Because there’s never enough time for me to be with you.


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Hanging

Hanging off the edge-
Upside down in love with you-
Topsy turvy love

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Sponge

You can decide to be nice, please.
Set your mind at ease, please.
Your sponge is filled with love, squeeze.


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THE GIFT

Life is what you make it
To thine own self be true
Whatsoever you do in life
It shall reflect on you


Spend it wisely
Use it right, each and every day
Live life to the fullest
Each his own way


A human life, a gift from God
To you without any pay
Be thankful you have that precious gift
To live your life today.


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32

Who would have thunk it-
Life is full of surprises-
32 long years

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Staring

Staring through our times-
I see your beautiful face-
Beginning and end

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Places

Looking for my love
In all of those wrong places
Then you showed the way

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Entwine

Your hand held in mine
Fingers woven together
Holding on for life

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Days

Tomorrow is good
Yesterday would've been great
Today is better

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Teddy Bears

Here I sit
Sunshine and rain

A testament
A warning

A witness
To tears

As they fall
Like raindrops

A remembrance
Of life

As it fell
In blood drops

Here I sit
Daylight and darkness

In silent vigil
Standing watch

Over what
No longer stands

Though not alone
Standing still

Over what
No longer moves

There are others
Here like me

There were others
Here before us

There will be
Many more

Too many


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For Me

I do things
For me sometimes
Just to say
I need a break y'all
A respite
Or a holiday

I do things
For me sometimes
'Cause I might lose my way
Doing good things for others
Isn't easy
Every day

I do things
For me sometimes
And I listen for who will say
"Hey lil brother,
Is there something
I can do for you today?"

I do things
For me sometimes
'Cause I have to get away
Gotta find myself
Gotta refocus and rebalance
Ready to start another day


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What Good May Come

What good may come
From the ashes, dust and dirt

What good may come
From the rubble of brick, wood, iron and stone

What good may come
From the blood of the many fallen

What good may come
From the screams of a mother's anguish

What good may come
From the tears of years of pain

What good may come
From the possession of addiction

What good may come
From the obsession of fear

What good may come
From the silence of the code

What good may come
From the despair of hopelessness

What good may come
From the birth of its children

What good may come
From the death of that same child

What good may come
To build it all, the same way, once again

What good may come?


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Everlasting

Who can say
Of the measure of love
I have for you

My love
Runs deep
And wide

My love
Lasts long
It's everlasting

Still
I sit and watch
As you walk away

YILY


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1000

1000 kisses-
I could kiss you all the day-
I'll need more lip gloss

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Looking

Looking at love's sea-
Wait by the dock of the bay-
My ship has come in

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A Tribute To Tony

One of our great ones left us today
And the citizens of our town should kneel down and pray

Pray that God would show them His love
And send another like him from up above

One of our great ones left us today
And the police of our town should kneel down and pray

Pray that God would show us His mercy
And send us another who would shepherd us so safely

One of our great ones left us today
But hold your head up, cause he'd want it that way

Thank God we had one like him for the times that we did
Police, with his memory, and that spirit shall live


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Cheese

Someone for everyone there be?
Alas there is no one there for me.

Too different to be understood.
Too underestimated to ever be appreciated.

Alas. I am the cheese.


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Dreamscape

If I could live within my dreams
Reality would be what it seems

To be the path my life should take
More real to life than while awake

But step into my awakened mind
Reality is too confined

Twisted is my life it seems
My solace is my life of dreams


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A Prayer For You

Oftentimes throughout the day
We should stop, sit down and pray

Pray for those who have a need
Or just to listen to Him, so we can heed

With this in mind, I stop to do
To say a prayer, just for you


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Can Not

I can not be satisfied with fame
It is fleeting

I can not be satisfied with wealth
It never lasts

I can not be satisfied with health
It eventually fades away

All I ever want in this world
Is for you to truly love me

Everlasting


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How?

How do I love you?

How deep is the ocean?
It is a mere puddle
Compared to the sea of my love.

How high is the sky?
It is knee high
Compared to the height of my love.

How long is time?
It is but a moment
Compared to the length of my love.

How hard are the mountains?
They are as jelly
Compared to how solid my love is.

How precious are diamonds and gold?
They are cheap
Compared to the value of my love.

How rare is the comet
They are as plentiful as raindrops
Compared to the presence of my love.

How do I love you?

With all my best.
With all I have to give,
With all my heart.


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Life

Life ebbs and flows through-
Ups and downs occur often-
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Hire Me

Loving you is my vocation
I present to you my application

I hope you see I'm qualified
To love you 'til the day I die

My resume is for submission
It stands above all competition

So please chose me for the position
You won't regret making this decision


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Ephesians 5:25 Love

When it comes to loving you
This is the model
That I choose

To love you sacrificially
To put you first
Above even me

To give to you
The best I have

To be for you
The best I am

On purpose
Is my love for you

With purpose
Love compels all I do

Deliberately
I give this love

As was given me
From God above

So when it comes to loving you
This is the model
That I choose

I love you sacrificially
I put you first
Above even me


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GMMB

Good morning to my precious dove
I hope your day is filled with love

And just to make your day alright
I prayed to God for you last night

So rise, go forth and do great things
Fly, ever so high, on angels' wings

And alas, when your day is through
Just know my love is there for you

So shelter in a peaceful rest
Comfort in knowing you are blessed


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Morning

Good morning my wife
Your smile brings in sunshine
Good morning my life


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Cell Block L

I am in prison
Held captive
And captivated

I am on lockdown
My heart is bound
With shackles and chains

I have a life sentence
Charged and convicted
Of loving you

Guilty


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I Wish

I wish
You were ready
To spend
Your life with me

To plant
Some seeds
And add
To the family tree

I wish
You were ready
To believe
In us again

Where three
Becomes one
And joy
Never ends

I wish
You were ready
To see
What I can see

A wonderful
Future life
As happy
As can be

I wish
You were ready
To fly
With me

Toward
New heights
Pure ecstasy


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Dream

I will
Close my eyes
And dream of thee

A vision
Of beauty's
What I'll see

I will
Fight the call
Of dawn's early light

And wish
My dream
Continue its flight

But when I awake
My present will be
To see your beautiful face in reality


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Would You Mind

Would you mind
If I loved you
For a lifetime?

Would you mind
If I were
Completely yours?

Would you mind
If I surrendered
My all to you?

Would you mind
If I loved
To kiss your lips?

Would you mind
If I craved
To touch your smooth skin?

Would you mind
If I wanted to hold you close
All of the time?

Would you mind
If I wanted
To make you my bride?

Would you mind?


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Girl

Girl
I live and die for you
I taught my eyes to cry for you

My pillows talk to me at night
When you're not in bed with me they say, "That ain't right!"

My love for you is tailor made
No one else fits. The pattern is laid.

My heart is shaped like the letter S
When it beats it's your voice I hear from my chest

My world would swirl through outer space
Without the glow of your sun upon its face

Girl
I live and strive for you
To share my life, no one else will do


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Waiting

My love
To be
So unrequited

Whose embers
Burn the night
Is lighted

The sands
Of time
Cascade to mountains

The drops
Of rain
Turn to fountains

Tick tock
The clock
Does say

In its hands
My love
Does stay


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Wanting

I need
You to
Be mine

I need
You to
Be my heart

I need
You to
Be my soul

I need
You to
Be my everything

I want you


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