You rode your horse

into the setting sun after the end

as I prayed that you and I

could journey thru the sky again

     I asked you when our love

     would shower us in its

     true colors.

     You said when my soul

     leapeth for joy. Then, we’ll

     meet again.

Spring of 2010 you called to

the wind, sent forth whispers

of our pasts’ love letters

and lo and behold! : my soul

leapt for joy – then

my friend of no ending

     I caught the whispering

     letters of our love

     in my hands – and

     oh you know the next

     part so well!

     Down down they fell

     as your eyes met mine.

     At last! we meet again!

CHORUS 1:

Your Grace is more

Than enough for me Oh Lord

Your Love is one thing I adore

And know I will always afford /

CHORUS 2:

Your Trust in me

Has always set me free

And if in You I didn’t believe

I don’t know who I’d be /

I love to trace

The lines of Love on Your face

And soak up Your Grace

In all the world’s places /

And if I didn’t believe in You

I know I’d be forever blue

And so I yearn to always pray with truth

To feel Your Grace, Glory, and Peace anew /

CHORUS 1 – 1x. / 

CHORUS 2 – 1x. //

        * DEDICATED TO MY 3 GRANDPARENTS. *

CHORUS: Will you remember me?

Will you cherish always

the memories we made together?

Will you say you will

love me forever? /

Even though you’ve seen

my body come as dust to the earth,

will you promise to know forever

that I love you for all you’re worth? /

Will you stay strong

even after I’ve been gone

for awhile?

Will you try your best to smile

thru your tears? /

Will you dry your tears

of years of depression

and will you try keeping

that sweet ol’ glint

in your hazel eyes from weeping? /

CHORUS. //

Give a hand

touch a heart

in this land

with so much art /

Together we can win

yes, you and I

again and again

we will fly /

To the sky

we will fly

yes, you and I

will never die /

So give a hand

come on now

come inside

and I will show you how

to make a difference of peace and love

in the world, in this day and age ! //

Lord Jesus, You are my pain release
You are the reason my heart beats
God I wonder, if I had to choose
between people and things I love or You
what road would I take?
What choice would I make?

CHORUS:
I wanna be
strong in Your Spirit
Lord let me feel It
I wanna be
true to Your Word
Lord let me hear It

If there ever came a day
where I was to give my heart away
for the last time in my life
would I give it to You,
my King of Heaven’s Truth and Love?
And how would this make me feel:
would I feel joy in all its realness
or would I come face-to-face
with an internal conflict
too hard to overcome?

God, I know now that just as I’ve chosen You
so, too, have I become
stronger in Your Spirit and
truer to Your Word.

CHORUS 1x. //

ol’ western sunset

shining bright,

glowing with might! /

ol’ western sunset

whispering to the trees,

dancing with the wolves,

singing with the birds

won’t you laugh with me? /

pour out your love of

wondrous colors

to the Heavens

forevermore /

play with me

ol’ western sunset

and show yourself

to the world

just what you’re made of

and pour out your love unto thee! //

“The Creation of Lake Roosevelt”

On a warm yet seemingly unpleasant day, there was a little girl crying all alone. Out of nowhere, there came an old man who wanted to cheer up the little girl. Therefore, he asked her why she was crying so much. She looked up with tears streaming down her face, and said “My name is Eleanor Roosevelt and I just lost my puppy named Strider”. Just then, a tear fell to the ground and created a lake. The old man had a hunch and so he looked to his right and all of a sudden, there came this little black lab puppy. He was swimming toward little Eleanor Roosevelt who sprang to her feet and started to cuddle with her little Strider. Word got around in less than a day, and that is how the famous Lake Roosevelt came to be! //

“Sunday Mornin’”

sunday mornin’ comes and i wake up, get ready for church, pulling on my pretty red satin shirt and my faded denim jeans / i look in my mirror and see heavy bags under my eyes / i think to myself, why do i look this bad almost every day, but my reflection / in the mirror says i only look tired / i ignore it, dabbing on concealer / and say, now that’s better! but a question burnin’ inside me just pushin’ to get out / makes me wonder why i put me down …. / for what matters is not what you look like on the outside, / rather, the beauty that shines through from the inside! / so i look at my reflection and we smile to each other! / i thank the Heavens for one of the sweetest gifts of all which is knowing / i am loved by my sweet-hearted family which includes all my all-too-furry friends / who can’t help but smile at me and you at least once every day! / this is my beautiful, lively life ….//

As someone once sang

in a song I love

‘…it’s not what you take when you

leave the world behind you…

it’s what you leave behind you

when you go’

     So think about what and who

     you’d be leavin’ in this world

     and think again

     if you think the world’s come

     to an early end -

     don’t try to end your life

     no matter how much pain you really feel

     ’cause the resulting grief

     from your painfully sad choice

     will leave your loved ones ‘n’ friends

     dwelling on a grief that never fully ends

So maybe you Don’t love life

right now…but I know

that it’ll all get better soon somehow

so if you can–try to see

a better future ahead

for you and me:

one that won’t be soaked in dread or grief;

And never let the good times roll away!

“raisin; love; raisin” -2.25.09

The raisin seemed as old as a dinosaur fossil

unearthed from a canyon

The love of my life is a Heavenly rose

blooming on the kitchen window sill

Love is a long wooden spoon

stirring the fresh lemonade

Love is a paperclip

holding things together

Love is like a raisin in the sun

turnin’ back into a grape

“Spend My Nights with You” -2009

Come and sit by me

While the night is still

Full of a blissfilled chill

Lay on the grass and smell

The African daisies

Because when you’re in some sort o’ Hell

Ya really can’t be lazy

So let us pray

Now so that we may be

Together here in this tranquility

Beyond the end of eternity

This is how I want to

Spend my nights with you!

All I ever wanted

Was to have a little more time with you

What I got was a dramatic pause

On the flow of our relationship as friends

All I ever wanted

Was to spend my days and nights

Cuddled in your familiar warmth

Safe from harm as long as

I was in your grandfather arms

What I got when you flew to Heaven

Was an eternal sense of pain release

For I knew you were immediately at peace

And Grandpa, all I ever wanted

Was to tell you just one more time

How good you always were to me

What I got was the knowledge

That you’ll always be my grandfather

And I’ll always be your granddaughter

“raisin; love; raisin” -2.25.09

The raisin seemed as old as a dinosaur fossil

unearthed from a canyon

The love of my life is a Heavenly rose

blooming on the kitchen window sill

Love is a long wooden spoon

stirring the fresh lemonade

Love is a paperclip

holding things together

Love is like a raisin in the sun

turnin’ back into a grape

“My RED wheelBarrow” –2.2.09

So much depends Upon

a Red wheel – barrow

sunken in the center

of a pool with the deck

decorated with mulch

and aloe vera and colorful

roses and African daisies

the

sunken

red wheel

barrow shines a deeper

red as the glorious Sunlight glistens

on it and reflects back

onto the surface

giving Me a feeling

of honest bliss

while I attempt

to float on my back

            even though I’ve never been able to before

“Spend My Nights with You”

Come and sit by me

While the night is still

Full of a blissfilled chill

Lay on the grass and smell

The African daisies

Because when you’re in some sort o’ Hell

Ya really can’t be lazy

So let us pray

Now so that we may be

Together here in this tranquility

Beyond the end of eternity

This is how I want to

Spend my nights with you!

“Never Let The Good Times Roll Away!” –1.28.09

As someone once sang

in a song I love

‘…it’s not what you take when you

leave the world behind you…

it’s what you leave behind you

when you go’

            So think about what and who

            you’d be leavin’ in this world

            and think again

            if you think the world’s come

            to an early end –

            don’t try to end your life

            no matter how much pain you really feel

            ‘cause the resulting grief

            from your painfully sad choice

            will leave your loved ones ‘n’ friends

dwelling on a grief that never fully ends

So maybe you Don’t love life

right now…but I know

that it’ll all get better soon somehow

so if you can—try to see

a better future ahead

for you and me:

one that won’t be soaked in dread or grief;

And never let the good times roll away! //

When I saw you in your red high heels

And black-and-white dress

Walking down the aisle

Baby I must confess

I was looking at you and I couldn’t feel

That our love could be anything but deep and real

For forever and a while

When I see your red lipstick

Painted on your gorgeous lips Baby

Every day we have together

Baby I must admit

My mind jumps back to our first kiss

When we swore our love would last for eternity

I love you Baby

Like no other heart can do

I love the way you smile at me

As we kiss and hug in church

On Sunday morning

I love it when you say

You’ll always be mine

And I can’t wait for this evening

When we’ll go to bed and turn off the light

When I see your red lipstick

Painted on your gorgeous lips Baby

Every day we have together

Baby I must admit

My mind jumps back to our first kiss

When we swore our love would last for eternity

When I see you in your red high heels

And black-and-white dress

Baby I must confess

I can’t help but smile as I look at you

‘Cause you remind me our love will always be rare and true

Just like you making me feel

The sun’s rays lighting up my days

And Baby your smiles just make my blues

Fade away and into the lost beats of time

As we promise our love will last for an eternity

I yearn to grow in my faith in You

I long to give praise to You for Your Words of Truth

I wanna sow the seeds of my heart

And I want You to forever be a part

Be a part of my life

I want to sow the seeds

Of my lonely, lost heart

And pick out the weeds

So they can stop being a part

Being a part of me

I need to know You will always

Be there for me

Throughout every step

Every step of my life

And I need to keep

Working up the courage

To stray not from

Your path lit by Your Love

I thirst for Your Voice

Guiding me to the right choice

That I can make

So I may see more clearly

The road that I must take

And because I love You dearly

I need Your help to pick the weeds

From my heart of pains

And sow the seeds

Of my lost, lonely heart of love

And give me the strength to dance

Dance in the rains once again

I want to sow the seeds

Of my lonely, lost heart

And pick out the weeds

So they can stop being a part

Being a part of me

And so I can feel free

To do Your Will oh Lord

Someone tore my heart up once

Breaking it almost beyond repair

 But You, dear God, were always there

Always there for me.

When I smiled and when I’d weep

I didn’t understand who You were;

But You were on my side

And You held me tight

Whether I was brave or afraid.

You helped me stand tall

And because of You, I became not afraid at all.

CHORUS: Every time I cried

A part of me would have died

Had You not been there

To Show me how Truly You Cared.

Looking back on the years

That I cried so many tears

Over that time, I pray in

My heart and soul

And I ask You the question

To the Answer I already know:

Can I ever find forgiveness for this person?

I thought I had nobody

Nobody to comfort and hold me

And wipe away my tears

All those lonely years;

And the Answer is Yes! I can forgive,

Because of all the Love that You Promised me

And as I knew It would keep me safe from harm

In Your Unconditionally Loving arms

I came to know that You are my strength, Lord.

You’re my Maker and my strength; Guide me

Thru all my pains; help me see Your Light.

And every time I cried, A part of me would have died

Had You not been there to Show me how Truly You Cared.

Baby you’re wonderful

and when I see you my heartbeat thunders

for you’re 100 trakrillion times more

seductive than the sunrise after a storm.

You told me once:

‘I hate all peppermint sundaes

I love all Sunday night peppermint baths

..

I hate the feeling of splinters in my hands

I love it when sand slithers between my toes

..

I hate poetry that sinks into my mind

I love poems which drink up my thoughts

..

I hate bad weather when it lasts all day

I love great music that says

exactly what all’s on

the tip of my tongue’

…You’re always the first

thought on my mind b/c

when you smile at me

the gleam in your eyes just takes

me back to last month’s few weekdays

that I spent time soaking up

Florida’s Miami Beach rays.—. Then I float away

with you at my side, dreaming of our

honeymoon carnival ride.

“Love Letters….and Secrets—” –9.8.09

You and I

saw eye 2 eye

when we talked about

….our love

but now Baby

you deny you’re walking around

….our shattered town

that’s foreverly wetter

than a victorian platter full of old

….and worn love letters

spilling over with your secrets untold.

CHORUS:

Every night I seem to dream

About ordinary things

That don’t always go together

But now I’ve come to realize

What I really want is to feel You here forever

I want to see You in my dreams

I want to know I’ll grasp

The things You’ve always told me

I long to be worthy of Your Love

And I want to become whole in You Lord

I feel like I’m dying inside

For I’ve not always been one

To share Your Light within me

With Your beautiful world

So I yearn to become one with You

And I need Your help to patch up

The holes in my heart of love

Christ You are my King

You are the bringer of Sacred Salvation

Of which I shall always sing

And my only desire is to see

Your Love burning like a Holy blaze

In my dreams tonight and in all my coming days

Every night I seem to dream

About ordinary things

That don’t always go together

But now I’ve come to realize

What I really want is to feel You here forever

Yeah Lord, I want to see You in my dreams

I want to know I’ll grasp

The things You’ve always told me

I long to be worthy of Your Love

And I want to become whole in You Lord

I stare into my mirror

I recoil at what I see, and a song forms in my ears

And instantly it brings me to tears

For it plays a melody of a far different octave

Than the song in my heart;

I need to be serene.

..I begin to breathe

In the style of a snail learning

To glide along on a patch

Of grass among boulders.

….Then a thought splits my concentration :

This cannot be, I assure myself

I do not resemble that reflection!

I resume my slow breathing—

Counting to ten, I lay on my back

Spotting my forgotten dreams in the clouds

My arms, bent and folded, replace my favorite pillow:

They protect my head; only now…it’s

From the weeds and sow bugs.—.

I turn sideways on the grass

Rounding the corners of

The walls inside my mind

And I try to find the one way

That I can use to make this a better day

Than I thought it was when it began.

At last! I have the answer.

I keep breathing

Slowly

Breathe in. stop. Breathe out.

I listen to the song in my heart

And Take it one day, one breath At a time.

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and without further ado (sorry if i misspelled that; i think i did)…the poem

“Why We Need Catholic Charities” -7.31.09 by Mary W. Gannon

Catholic Charities thrives on acts of kindness, compassion, and the willingness to educate

others about the world in which we live; its people are of the utmost importance as they

put into action the promises of hope, teaching respect and dignity and survival; they’re

the epitome of hard work, peace, intellect, and the triumphs we hope to face upon

following our dreams. The many people at the heart of this organization are a beacon of

the diversity in the light of God; never trying to force others to believe in God, they give

of themselves daily in an attempt to spread the promise of Christ’s saving love for all.

They give aid to all, helping them rise above their struggles constantly and courageously.

I stop pedaling my bike

to think a minute about

the currents of our love

I see the sun shining now

as I wish away the storm

that tries to wipe away

my smile

then I begin to pedal again

and dream of the rhythms of

our sisterly bond and finally

the dream ends and I wish

that you and I could still be friends.

“Heaven Is…” -2009

Heaven Is…an african daisy

glistening gracefully from the

dewdrops falling from the

summer clouds of time;

Heaven Is…me being your

friend and you being mine;

Heaven Is…all the pretty

rhymes floating in the wintry

breeze and people saying

Bless you when you sneeze;

Heaven Is…the view from the

treetops all round the world

and the sun shining pleasantly

on you as you dance to the

sensational rhythms of chance;

Heaven Is…a baby bird learning

how to fly and a child

asking his or her parent

why the world turns;

and Heaven Is…the one place

we all should aspire to go

when it’s our time

to fully see our Maker’s face.

“Laughter (Caught in the Wind)” -5.21.09

I look at you

you look away

I look to the skies

and wonder why…

Why do you

look away

away from me

and to the sea?

I laugh at the sunshine

as I pray for a sweeter

rhyme soaking

up the rays

hoping for a few bright days

and then my laughter

seems to be caught

in the wind; our

troubles we’ve forgotten

so we’ll have hope

to live almost

happily ever after.

Even if the day shall arrive

When I can no longer see

I will know that I have seen your beauty

Made more extravagant

By the pebbles of sunlight

Beaming upon you

You have a beauty that speaks

With a power from His Grace

And you will always have my love

Wrapping you in sensational tranquility, I pray

For I could not destroy my love for you

Even if I tried

Oh, baby, I would never try

To keep my heart from craving your love

For I feel like you help make me

The strongest person I can dream to be

This is my love song to we.

“My Soul’s Energetic Defeat” -5.25.09

When I think back

To the year that

Happened long ago

When I was in 4^th grade

I close my eyes

And remember that really cool

Little kids’ Spanish show

I used to watch in the classroom—

That I’ve read is from

The late ‘80s—called ‘Amigos’

I remember then, that I had

Always loved most

The character named

Perro Pepe; I thought he was

The coolest fictional dog

Ever to come alive

Someway

Then I close my eyes again

And listen to the rain

And relish the days

I would dance in the rain

With my then best friend

I thought if I could just

Relive those days

Then I’d for sure

See the sun’s rays

Not just when it’s the daytime

But even in the glorious night

Turning back over

The pages of time

I recline, stomach down

On my longtime favorite couch

And wonder if the rain’s finally done

I decide, No, the rain just

Must have slowed to a drizzle

And so I continue typing

On my laptop (there’s nothing

Else to do)

; I feel like griping

For I miss the pop pop pop

Of the rain on the window panes

But I do not gripe, rather I have hope

That nature’s glory will soon return

To the sounds of one of the four elements

; as I tell my story of today

I look happy at the way

The sun peeks thru the blinds

On the window before me—I see

The sun start to dance to the crisp silence of death

That tries to force its way into my mind

And try as the silence might, it does not bring forth

The start of my declining breath.

As God Is my Judge and my Witness

I know that I—

I am not one to give in—to the beast

Of my soul’s energetic defeat!

There are many wonders

in the world, flowers

and trees growing tall

and swaying in the afternoon breeze

but the most graceful wonder

I can’t help but smile at is

the bond we’ve created and

the strength of our friendship

which will surely be

strong and true for all time;

when I need a friend to talk to

and it’s not something

for my dogs’ ears,

I know I can turn to you

for I’ve grown to trust you

over several years;

I will never compare you to

my other friends for I feel

that all of them

are different than you, my friend

…only God Knows

how much time we have to spend

in all our relationships

but even if the world

were to end today or t’morrow

I know my friendship w/you

will have been filled

with the bliss of sunshine

but I also must assure

you that I’m ever thrilled

to have known you

for what seems like forever! / DEDICATED TO JANET M. //

No one can force my soul or mind

to uphold the irons that insist

on keeping me in a bind

to your memory; I will resist

the pull of that mighty wind

which threatens me ever slowly

and I won’t give in to its strength

that tries to tear me to shreds;

and when I close my eyes

I won’t ever again picture your face

filled with the lies

your heart wanted to place

in my head, saying you loved me

even though as I moved on,

your unjust & selfish actions

proved your words wrong…

and ’cause you’re not-a-more

in my thoughts

I have long been able

to put aside your memory

and be sore to my core

nevermore. //

“I Am The Conquerer” -5.11.09

in the afternoon shade

I create a set of arrows

which I imagine will point

me to the only place

where I could forget

your pitiful face…I

follow them with no intent

to run away from you;

no, I will fight only with peace and God at my side,

allowing me to have no regrets

along my journeys…when I conquer you,

the world will know you were not my enemy, just a foe

whose attacks upon me

I knew I would choose to let go of.

I have conquered my fear of my foe

and it is along the next path of my journey

that I will go.

No words I have ever heard

someone else tell their loved ones

who’ve passed on, can illustrate

the depth of my love for you

and no painting or drawing

or sculpture can ever show

how much my love

for you is sure to grow

even after you fly for the last time

to the Heavens Above

with your heart and arms

opened warmly to greet me

when He will set my soul

free to fly away, many years

from now, I hope

and with your love

and His Love, all that is true

will drown the self-destruction

that’s constantly trying to make

the world lonely; even when

the flowers of honesty seem

to blow away in the wild wind

I know that with my hopes

of eternal peace and love

I shall hold in my heart

God’s Promise to help

me cope forever thru all my years

with my fears

that try to pull my soul

down into its puddle of tears;

but I will not drown,

I won’t sink down

and I’ll infinitely be

remembering my love

for you three. /DEDICATED TO GRANDMA AND GRANDPA GANNON AND GRANDPA WAGEMANN. //