rhymarhyma poetry 7

[rhymarhyma]

Free to be


A song of joy or a song of sorrow

I choose to write the song that will reflect my tomorrow

No more sad songs of yesteryear

No longer will I scream just to cover up a tear

I made bad choices and bad choices made me

until I chose to hear the voice that was setting me free

Free to be strong, and free to truly belong

and free to be forever at the end of this song

I'm alive and I strive for an end to inner-strife

I was born into death...but I will die into life

 

[rhymarhyma]

Christ is my sunshine shining


You're all of my sunshine when it's gloomy and grey
and when the lightning starts, you always chase the rain away
When it's cold and dark, you show me everything's okay
I'll always want you more tomorrow than I wanted you today...

When I feel the chill coming over the top, when the clouds are coming and it's looking like snow
I do all I can to try and make it stop, but the temperature falls and the cold winds blow
In the moment I panic,for a time I'm lost...I have nowhere to turn to and I have nowhere to go
The warmth of your vision erases the frost, and in the bottom of my heart there's one thing I know...

You're all of my sunshine when it's gloomy and grey
and when the lightning starts, you always chase the rain away
When it's cold and dark, you show me everything's okay
I'll always miss you more tomorrow than I missed you yesterday...

When the downpour comes from nowhere, and the wind is howling, driving me insane
I find myself choking and gasping for air, and the fear that I feel is too hard to contain
My mind starts racing out of control, and I'm shaking from the feeling and I'm hurting from the pain
I feel the cold chill straight down to my soul, and you are my shelter when I'm trapped in the rain...

You're all of my sunshine when it's gloomy and grey
and when the lightning starts, you always chase the rain away
When it's cold and dark, you show me everything's okay
I'll always need you more tomorrow than I needed you today...

You're always there to keep me warm, and you clear my eyes in a world that's snow-blind
You dry me off after every cold storm, you wipe away the raindrops that I always seem to find
When I look out the window and see clear blue skies, you chased away the storm clouds that keep me confined
I know the storm lies only behind these eyes, and you're the sunshine shining in the chaos of my mind...

You're all of my sunshine when it's gloomy and grey
and when the lightning starts, you always chase the rain away
When it's cold and dark, you show me everything's okay
I'll always love you more tomorrow than I loved you yesterday

 

[rhymarhyma]

Rise


I never could have you


because it wasn't designed


I never could love you


"love" as you'd have it defined


I never could leave you


you're my heart, you're my mind


I never could save you...


but I won't leave you behind




My love for you goes so far beyond love


You're my angel, you're my dove


You're my all of the above


I love you as myself...as my child...my best friend


who I'll protect and I'll defend


from the beginning to the end


I'm protecting you now, and I wish you could see


that I would give up all of me


if it would help set you free


Free to fly with your babies at the world's demise


To not see tears in their eyes


as they're crying goodbye's


We have to bow down before we can rise


and on the day the world dies


I want you all in the skies




They say don't look for love


because love is blind


They say the art of love


is a frame of mind


They say easy love


is hard to find


They say we're no longer together...


but I won't leave you behind

 

[rhymarhyma]

Thirty-eight weeks



It was roughly six weeks when Amy really knew

that she was running a little late by a week or two

Her heart started pounding deep within her chest

as she smiled at the results of the pregnancy test

When Tony came home and kicked off his shoes

she jumped in his arms and gave him the news

She said "Lay with and pray with me and thank God with me"

and Tony said "God didn't do it, it was just meant to be"



Fifteen weeks later they were both jumping for joy

when the ultrasound told 'em they were having a boy

They spent the rest of the day just walking the mall

buying diapers, clothes, a little basketball

Tony bought her a t-shirt that read "Baby on board"

and Amy bought him one that read "Trust in the Lord"

Later that evening as Tony ran to the store

Amy found his shirt on the closet floor



Thirty-eight weeks and they were on their way

for their very first, two day hospital stay

Cutting through traffic, moving along

but when they arrived at the hospital, something went terribly wrong

"GET AN I.V., SHE'S STARTING TO SEIZE"

and Tony cried out "God, help us please..."

Contained chaos, controlled commotion

as Tony's whole world moved in slow-motion



Fifty-two weeks, as it started getting dark

Tony pushed his son through the edge of the park

Crunching through the leaves on their way to the car

Tony looked up and saw a twinkling star

He stared at the star, and then he stared at his son

and then he reflected on that day, and what he had done

One life gone, but two had just begun

and then he stared at his wife and asked "How was your run"



There were two bumper stickers on the back of their Ford

One read "Baby on board", the other "Trust in the Lord"

 

[rhymarhyma]

Spiritual dope



He can barely walk and he can hardly talk
and I always see this guy up and down my block
Dazed and confused, in his own little zone
Stumbling, bumbling, lost...and all alone
All the kids make fun of him and give him the bird
and he just tells them that he loves them and tries to give them the word
but nobody understands him, or they just don't want to hear it
Everybody thinks he's touched, but he's just touched by the spirit

He's got an eighth of faith
and an ounce of hope
and a kilo of love
He's on spiritual dope

Awww man, here she comes again
ending every sentence with a little "Amen"
Hitting every street, always going door to door
If you take a little taste then she'll try to give you more
She wants to get you hooked so you will never get away
She promises tomorrow and says forget yesterday
A one-hitter quitter, dope that'll truly make you feel
She says it's pure and uncut, and what she pushes is real

She's got an eighth of faith
and an ounce of hope
and a kilo of love
She's on spiritual dope

One day I took a chance and danced with these two dope-heads
and I asked them if they cared about what their drug spreads
The guy looked at the lady and she looked back at the guy
and they both looked me in the eye and asked "You wanna get high?"
He said "C'mon, just a little, I promise it won't hurt you."
"You'll never be alone," she said, "this will never desert you."
So I opened it up; 1 Corinthians 13
and now I'm the new pusher in the spiritual dope scene

I've got an eighth of faith
and an ounce of hope
and a kilo of love
I'm on spiritual dope