#1 AWAKEN

Awaken silent friend that

I found sleeping here inside,

Time for us once more to share

The laughter and friend words

That were a symphony we played

Somewhere far away and long ago…

Awaken now the ears that heard your melodies,

Awaken now the heart that knew you then.

Let these eyes see and know you

Growing like the butterfly

Whose life no longer footsteps

By the inch across a stem

But soars from rose to daffodil

Across clear streams and over hills…

Somehow I know that

While he crawled from leaf to leaf

He had the same joy that I feel

In finding you asleep inside me

As he labored many days

To cross a patch of garden

Covered now in one brief moment

On his rainbow-colored wings

I know he knew it then…

I’ve learned to hear again

So you can wake up now

And we can share the joy that

He has given us to paint

Upon the rainbow moments

Of eternity. 

 

#2 SING STRONG

I hear you now again inside

Like the soft call deep in quiet earth

That wakes up sleeping seed-souls to join

The fresh dance of colors that is springtime…

You’re a friend who brings a gift of love so wide

It fills me like sunshine on a sunny day…

And like a day that needs its light

I will hold you forever with the eager arms

Of my soul reaching out to find you

In every moment everywhere…

I climb tall mountains of loud days

And run home for the healing of your love,

I hide in quiet spaces where I touch you gently

Like a bee soft upon a fragrant resting place

That flies away with sweetness and the

Golden dust of pollen on his wings…

Now I know the sound of your voice

I hear you call me from everywhere,

I answer you in all my days and nights

On all the long and winding roads of my forever

Where I give voice to the silent song of you inside

And share all that you have given me to be

So your voice can wake and sing strong

In all the yearning hearts

Of all eternity…

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#102 FREE

I will be

Completely free

When I can forget all

The pains of my life

Because I am and live

All the lessons they taught me

At the same time I know

I am only as free as the

Forgiveness I allow myself

For those things I’ve done

In my life of which

I am most ashamed

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#210 SUNRISE

This morning I

Got up before dawn

So I could watch the sun

Push away the darkness

With usual serenity and poise

Regardless of the noise

And tasks upon my way

Today will be peaceful

Because I took a moment

To welcome in me

What I saw outside

The sunrise of my soul

To fill my day with its

Enfolding light

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#175 RUMPUS ROOM

​Our rumpus room

Is totally disordered with

Toys of fun others of pain

Scattered everywhere

On all parts of our planet floor

All of us are hurt and bruised

From too many too rough games

It’s getting like we don’t remember

How to be on good behavior anymore

So we may be allowed into

Other rooms of who You are

Please help with new games to learn

And play here in our planet room

So everyone may once again

Safe happy and without fear

Enjoy the thrill of

Being here

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