MY SECRET LOVE

My secret love is sweet to me.

My secret love brings joy.

My secret love is spiritual,

And that’s the best of all!

My secret love is diligent.

My secret love is strong.

My secret love is humble,

And her tears are quick to fall.

I enjoy just having me secret love,

To share our selves within.

But I hope for a day with my secret love,

That day that my secret will end.

Written by:

Edward W. Johnson, Jr.

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© 1993

Hope

The rains 

Have come to cool the land

Each man and woman

Alone must stand

The child, the dog 

Must fend for self

No one here

No one left

Bereft of hope

Despair's the dream

All things are dark

No hope it seems

Just where to go

We can not find

We look to left, to right

To up, to down

There's no way out

No help to be found

Alas this dream

Is not despair

Because somewhere 

There's hope out there

We must persist

And follow our dreams

We must not die

But strive, it seems

Keep up my friend

Don't give up

Keep hope alive

Keep hope alive

Keep hope alive

Written by:

Edward W. Johnson, Jr.

Contentment

The quietness

And peace

Of a

Satisfied soul

Wanting

And lacking

Nothing

Having all

That is 

Needed

Sufficient

Is every

Possession

And even 

Charity

Creates no need

You are

All

That I need

With you

I possess

Everything

You are 

All

That I want

With you 

I want

For nothing

Your love

Supplies me

With an abundance

Your love

Brings

To me

The quietness

And peace

Of a

Satisfied soul

Written by:

Edward W. Johnson, Jr.

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twitter.com/Rhyme_of_Reason

© Copywrited

Yet

Through the years, your face has been tempered by testing, trial and tribulation. Your heart has been stretched, wretched, broken and recovered again. And your spirit has been shaken to its very foundation, as to even threaten your very existence. Yet through all this, your love remains as an oasis in a vast desert and your faith remains as the hidden cistern from which it flows.

Written by:

Edward W. Johnson, Jr.

© 2014