Heartstrings: March 2016

Thursday, March 31, 2016

The Voice

Day by day I hear a voice

it beckons I come home

Pleading that I turn around

that I no longer roam...

Sometimes I hear it in the wind

at night within a dream

A whisper from across the room

beside a gentle stream...

I know this voice that calls to me

and speaks within my mind

The part of me I miss the most

the heart I left behind...

Sunday, March 27, 2016

Living Life

The lines are showing more each day

my hair with shades of grey

What happened to the many years?

Somehow they flew away...

One moment I was so in love

and Friday took so long

The hours seemed to be like years

my heart and spirit strong...

Before I knew it seasons changed

got caught up living life

A job in town for thirty years

the children and my wife...

What will tomorrow bring to us

and what should we both do?

There's nothing I can't face in life

as long as I'm with you...

Hospice

The chapter closes with a sigh

so lonely laying here

Instead of peace and gratitude

my heart is gripped with fear...

The mirror doesn't lie to me

and time keeps moving on

How much do I keep hoping for

and will the morning dawn?...

I need a friend to hold my hand

to tell me it's all right

I hear the words inside my mind

you'll sleep at last tonight...

Friday, March 18, 2016

The Madness

Oh the madness we unleash

when others disagree

A well of passion manifests

we sometimes can't retrieve...

Insisting that we make our point

instead of moving on

We reach a place of no return

and find our friendship's gone...

Please let the things we can't control

walk with the hand of fate

Embrace the things that matter most

instead of all this hate...

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Pain

Oh how short the time we have

if only I had known

One moment you were in my life

the next I stood alone...

I'm left with only memories

and tears that fall like rain

How do I find a place of peace

and comfort from this pain?...

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Tribute To Tyler

Your laugh still echoes in my mind

I see your great big smile

The one who graced us in this life

with tenderness and style...

You always cared for everyone

in spite of all your pain

What we all lost that fateful day

we know was heaven's gain...

The angels have a brand new friend

they laugh at all you do

They see what we saw every day

what made us all love you...

I know your looking down on us

to see if we're ok

You haven't changed a single bit

I know you’re just that way...

I wish that you were here with me

to tell me what you saw

If only I could hear you say

it's all good now Maw Maw...

Sunday, March 6, 2016

My Love

I'll always run to you my love

no matter where you are

Be it here within your arms

or on some distant star...

My soul forever knit to yours

two spirits now are one

A bond that changes everything

and cannot be undone...

Saturday, March 5, 2016

You and Me

If I would ask for you to stay

what would your answer be?

I know it's not what we agreed

you wanted to be free...

There's something special going on

I know you feel it too

My darling it's just you and me

I'm so in love with you...

Troubled Mind

Sometimes I sit and think too much

get wrapped around my thoughts

I make more than I should of things

my stomach tied in knots...

For reasons still unclear to me

I just can't let things go

The life they form inside my mind

an ever present foe...

Friday, March 4, 2016

Love and Peace

I knew a man a while ago

the world he saw was small

The hopes that he would find his way

not certain then at all...

He stumbled through the glory days

in search of sweet release

A band of brothers by his side

their anthem love and peace...

One day he turned to hear a voice

she stole his heart away

The one that he'd been searching for

was standing there that day...