Mansions Of Light

Mansions Of Light

People often speak of what heaven is about;
talking of mansions and streets of gold;
only by death will they ultimately find out;
they can only imagine; as they grow old.

They reminisce over all things they treasure;
speculating they’ll see them above;
all their conceivable

You're Needed Today

You’re Needed Today

We all tend to focus on tomorrow;
even tho it may never come;
all around us; there is pain and sorrow;
and, victory is here to be won.

We sometimes think we are useless;
we may be old and infirm;
we almost never run out of

Life, In A Hurry

Life, In A Hurry

Times have changed; from when I was young;
it almost seems to fly by in a flurry;
time always speeds up; from when it begun;
we’re now living life in a hurry.

Most divide their time, between work and play;
but the balancing act becomes

The Tears Of Pride

The Tears Of Pride

Tears conceal a great mystery of life;
few understand their essential role;
most think tears are caused by strife;
but tears are shed by the soul.

There’s a reason tears come from the eyes;
they’re the river of toxins, from within;
revealing deep secrets

The Seed Of Wisdom

The Seed Of Wisdom

Like a mighty tree; wisdom began as a seed;
such trees take lifetimes to grow.
Consciousness needed knowledge, to succeed;
for man had the need to know.

That tree shot skyward, out of the ground;
as though escaping the dark of night;
perhaps, like all life,

The Life I Didn't Live

The Life I didn’t Live

Memories are the record of the life I’m living;
I wish they could all be amended;
I started out wishing; rather than giving;
till all my dreams were upended.

I started my life; with lofty thoughts, aspired;
wanting all, whom I loved, to

The Vanishing Past

The Vanishing Past

Many things from the past; are no longer so;
and most of us try to move on;
many things; like the grass; continue to grow;
tho much of past landscape is gone.

If past events were like trees, cut down;
and, their remnants could be burned;
much

Trance

Trance

Sitting in my chair; completely awake;
awareness; like a light; extinguished;
my process of thought had made a mistake;
and my current reality was relinquished.

A brand new illusion captured my mind;
I’d been imprisoned by circumstance;
thoughts had become externally designed;
and my mind was held in

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