POEMS FROM THE HEART

I FEEL SO MUCH CLOSER TODAY THIS OLD LIFE IS BUT A VAPOR IT IS HERE AND THEN IT IS GONE ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES THE DAYS THEY SEEM TO BE SO LONG TROUBLES ON EVERY HAND TRIALS TO TEST YOUR FAITH I'VE JUST GOT TO MAKE IT HOME I FEEL SO MUCH CLOSER TODAY THOUGH I'VE YET TO MAKE IT I AM WELL ON MY WAY JUST A FEW MORE MILES JUST A FEW MORE DAYS SOON I SHALL BEHOLD HIM I'LL SEE HIM FACE TO FACE THOUGH I'VE YET TO MAKE IT I FEEL SO MUCH CLOSER TODAY AS I WALK ALONG THIS ROAD I FEEL HIM WALK WITH ME THOUGH... Sign in to see full entry.

I WROTE THIS ESPECIALLY FOR A COUPLE OF SPECIAL BLOGGERS, SO IN HOPES THAT THEY MIGHT GET A CHANCE TO READ IT, I AM POSTING IT AGAIN TODAY, HOPEFULLY YOU WILL KNOW WHEN YOU READ IT WHO IT WAS FOR. I ONLY KNOW ONE IF A POET'S WORDS COULD MEND YOUR BROKEN HEART I WOULD WRITE THEM ALL DOWN AND YOUR HEALING WOULD START IF A POET'S HANDS COULD WIPE AWAY ALL YOUR TEARS I WOULD RUSH TO YOUR SIDE AND CALM ALL YOUR FEARS BUT I ONLY KNOW ONE WHO CAN DO SUCH A THING I ONLY KNOW ONE WHO SUCH JOY CAN BRING I... Sign in to see full entry.

I ONLY KNOW ONE IF A POET'S WORDS COULD MEND YOUR BROKEN HEART I WOULD WRITE THEM ALL DOWN AND YOUR HEALING WOULD START IF A POET'S HANDS COULD WIPE AWAY ALL YOUR TEARS I WOULD RUSH TO YOUR SIDE AND CALM ALL YOUR FEARS BUT I ONLY KNOW ONE WHO CAN DO SUCH A THING I ONLY KNOW ONE WHO SUCH JOY CAN BRING I ONLY KNOW ONE WHO HAS SUCH POWER I ONLY KNOW ONE HE'S CALLING THIS VERY HOUR IF A POET'S LOVE COULD CAPTURE YOUR HEART I WOULD GRASP HOLD OF IT AND NEVER DEPART IF A POET'S ARMS COULD HOLD YOU... Sign in to see full entry.

IN MEMORY AND HONOR OF MY AUNT THELMA WHO I CREDIT WITH GIVING ME MY LOVE OF POETRY. GRANDCHILDREN THE HOUSE IS NEAT THE FLOOR IS CLEAN WE HEAR NO YELL, NO SUDDEN SCREAM NO BALL COMES BOUNCING OFF OUR DOME OUR GRANDCHILDREN HAVE GONE HOME NO SHORT FAT ARMS AROUND OUR NECK NO LIPS THAT GIVE A SHORT SWEET PECK THE HOUSE SO EMPTY, WE'RE ALONE OUR GRANDCHILDREN HAVE GONE HOME NO FLIES COME IN AT OPEN DOORS NO LITTLE PUDDLES ON THE FLOOR ICE CREAM STILL THERE, NOT ATE A CONE OUR GRANDCHILDREN HAVE... Sign in to see full entry.

HOW SWEET IS THE PRAISE IT'S SO EASY TO PRAISE HIM WHEN WE ARE ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP IT'S SO EASY TO BEHOLD HIM WHEN OUR EYES ARE LIFTED UP BUT IT'S DOWN IN THE VALLEY WITH OUR HEAD HANGING LOW THAT WE COME TO REALIZE THAT HE'S MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD WHEN IT COMES FROM THE VALLEY HOW SWEET IS THE SONG HOW PRECIOUS IS THE MUSIC FROM THE VALLEY BELOW ECHOES OF MERCY AND FOUNTAINS OF GRACE WHEN IT COMES FROM THE VALLEY HOW SWEET IS THE PRAISE THE SONG IS MUCH SWEETER WHEN THERE ARE TEARS ON THE... Sign in to see full entry.

THAT FIRST CHRISTMAS DAY THE WORLD HAD NEVER SEEN A BABY SO SWEET THE WORLD HAD NEVER SEEN THE KING OF ALL KINGS IN THE LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM LYING SWEETLY ON THE HAY GOD HAD CAME TO MAN ON THAT FIRST CHRISTMAS DAY KENT PHALEN Sign in to see full entry.

IN SEARCH OF THE WORDS THOUGH I WOULD LOVE TO FIND THE WORDS TO TELL GOD JUST THE WAY I FEEL I HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT I PROBABLY NEVER WILL HOW CAN YOU SPEAK OF UNSPEAKABLE JOY HOW CAN YOU DESCRIBE AN INDESCRIBABLE LORD HOW CAN YOU PHANTOM SUCH A WONDERFUL PEACE AND HOW COULD YOU EVER EXPLAIN HIM LOVING ME HOW COULD YOU EVER COUNT HIS MANY GIFTS THAT HE HAS SO RICHLY BLESSED ME WITH HOW COULD YOU MEASURE THIS MERCY OF HIS HOW UNMEASURABLE HIS GRACE REALLY IS HOW CAN YOU THINK OF THE... Sign in to see full entry.

THE ROAD THAT TAKES ME HOME I CAN SEE TWO ROADS THAT LIE BEFORE ME AND I HAVE FREE CHOICE AS TO WHICH ONE I'LL TAKE ONE IS STRAIGHT AND NARROW AND ONE TAKES MANY A TURN ONE IS WELL TRAVELED BUT ONLY ONE TAKES ME HOME I'LL TAKE THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW THE ONE LEAST TRAVELED ON AND I'LL LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD CAUSE I KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING THERE WILL BE MANY VALLEYS AND THERE WILL BE MOUNTAIN TOPS BUT ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW AT LEAST I KNOW WHAT I'VE GOT THIS ROAD HAS MUCH JOY THIS ROAD HAS SORROW... Sign in to see full entry.

GOD WILL DELIVER ME SATAN COMES TO ME WITH A SPEAR AND A SWORD BUT I COME AT HIM IN THE NAME OF THE LORD IN THE BELLY OF A WHALE OR LOCKED UP IN JAIL GOD WILL DELIVER ME HE WILL NOT FAIL GOD WILL DELIVER ME HE'LL SET ME FREE HE'LL PUT OLD SATAN BENEATH MY FEET HIS FEATHERS WILL COVER ME UNDER HIS WINGS I WILL TRUST GOD WILL DELIVER ME IN THE NAME OF JESUS FOR THE TERROR BY NIGHT I'LL NOT BE AFRAID NOR BY THE ARROW THAT FLIES BY DAY A THOUSAND MAY FALL RIGHT BY MY SIDE BUT GOD WILL DELIVER ME FOR... Sign in to see full entry.

I'M NOT LONG FOR THIS OLD WORLD THERE IS SUCH AN ACHING IN MY SOUL I HAVE SUCH A LONGING TO GO HOME I FEEL LIKE A STRANGER HERE SURELY IT CAN'T BE VERY LONG I MUST BE WATCHING AND WAITING SOON CHILLY JORDAN I WILL FORD AS YOU CAN SEE MY FRIEND I'M NOT LONG FOR THIS OLD WORLD AS YOU CAN SEE MY FRIEND I'M NOT LONG FOR THIS OLD WORLD SOON I WILL BE LEAVING I WILL BE LEAVING WITH MY LORD I CAN FEEL IT IN MY SOUL I CAN READ IT IN HIS WORD AS YOU CAN SEE MY FRIEND I'M NOT LONG FOR THIS OLD WORLD FROM... Sign in to see full entry.