The Illusion of Endings

We are the sum of our experiences, 

 You are all of mine. 

 I awoke within your eyes, 

 To fall asleep within your arms. 

 Your smile is within my heart, 

 And my heart beats within you. 

 I swore to be with you always, 

 Where was I at that moment? 

 You swore to share with me of things, 

 How is it I did not know this? 

 Somethings are more powerful than us, 

 But nothing is more powerful than love. 

 I cannot hope to blame you, 

 For what I do not understand. 

 I can only say I miss you, 

 As I miss the warmth of your hand. 

 Yet when the day is done, 

 I pray in my dreams you will come. 

 I will never be who I was, 

 Because I am part of you. 

 And yet I will go on in love, 

 Because I hold on to what is true. 

 You will always live within my heart, 

 Within the power of love we will not part.

To Be Held

Forever in a moment,

A moment in forever,

Inside a thought and place,

Outside of time and space,

With the warmth of her hand,

Within his firm embrace,

Watching the stars roll by.

Watching the waves roll in,

Upon the rock together.

On the seashore of eternity,

Our eyes can see forever.

For it is not our eyes that see,

When the heart has true vision,

And my heart has awaken.

The mind may sometimes fail,

But my hand always remembers.

My hand has strength and purpose,

Pressed against your fingers.

The Earth may be shaken,

When stars collide,
Yet there is more power in our love.

I have seen the sands of time,

Fall away beneath my feet.

I have seen the ocean of doubt,
Part in the face of our love.

Within your caress,

I stand indomitable and strong,

Beneath the eyes of God.

We stand together ageless,

Though our bodies may tell time.

The eyes of strangers come alive,

As they smile in response to our love.

Yet to be held in God’s gaze together,

Is the embrace of the greatest love,

Which I will describe with the following words.

Never Forgotten

Interviewer to Gregory Peck:   “Considering the accomplishments of your legendary career, what do you want to be remembered for the most?”

Gregory Peck to Interviwer:  “Being a good husband and father.”

 For all the day will come

 When we no longer breathe the air. 

 A day I do not walk the earth

 And have left an empty chair. 

 What was must one day step aside

 For what will come to be. 

 I walk and wonder in this world

 About what will speak of me. 

  Birds singing above me in the trees

 Sing from birds who sang before. 

 Creatures love the young they raise 

 Because once they were adored. 

The sun rejoices for the moon

By lighting up the sky.

 The moon reflects upon the sun

 Yet we never wonder why. 

 The things I fixed and what I’ve made

 Will all fall away. 

 Yet the words I’ve written on the heart

 Will forever stay. 

The love my family has from me

Will show in my daughter's daughter’s smile.

God’s love shown through my life

Will last more than just a while.

The good seeds that we plant in life

Will almost always grow.

Yet the fruit which falls from those trees

We almost always never know.

Our light will shine through hearts we’ve loved

Like a fire spreading fast.

When our lives are held in God’s hand,

Our love forever lasts.

Symphony of Hearts

For Pawel Adamowicz and his family.  He was killed while raising funds for children with heart conditions.

Love is forever.

Love can not be killed.

Love can not be stopped.

Love can only be shared.

For the children he stood.

His final hour,

Became his hour of triumph.

He blessed lives forever.

Taken from the stage,

And taken from family, 

He was taken from the world,

But never from our hearts.

So live and love in his memory,

That his light will shine through you.

For you share the fire of life,

In every heart that you love.

The Equation Unfolded

 Einstein had a vision, 

 Seeing reality a new, 

 Energy being matter,
 Matter being energy,
 Same thing in different forms,
 Mystery in the light of truth.

 He saw the light differently,
 Raining down as particles,
 Coming to shore as waves,
 Different states in the same time,
 In his equation perfect rhyme,
 Showing matter as energy.

 Can the picture be complete,
 Without gravity in matter and light?
 When anything with mass emits light?
 Gravity is measured in waves,
 Could the energy exist as particles?
 Waves and particles as is with light?

 In time arrives the question of time,
 As yet undetected as particles or waves,
 Yet we feel hours pass like minutes,
 While a moment can last forever,
 So if time is part of the picture,
 How could it not be in the equation?

 Mass multiplied by lightspeed squared,
 Requires time to see conversion,
 Requires gravity due to the mass,
 Resulting in light through translation,
 Yet if the equation could consider this,
 What would it reveal?

 Universe upon universes,
 Lay at the feet of God,
 Transcending all dimensions,
 Beyond our understanding,
 In a reality of thought energy,
 Just to show us love?

 Have you considered this could be true?
 What would you do for love?

Unchanging

There was never a limit, 

 To the things you could do, 

 Swimming and biking, 

 Running and hiking, 

 My heart soared like an eagle, 

 To see life through your eyes. 

 We were always together, 

 Our hands embraced,

 Through rain or shine, 

 Throughout all time, 

 Your indomitable smile, 

 Became the song of my heart. 

 It was only a moment, 

 Your strength left you, 

 While I watched helpless, 

 Prognosis hopeless, 

 Heartbeat faltered, 

 With tears upon my soul. 

 We both ask why, 

 I see it in your eyes, 

 Tragedy with no sense, 

 Without mercy or recompense, 

 Yet i can mourn what is lost, 

 Or rejoice in what I have. 

 You cannot speak, 

 What needs no saying, 

 Our love burns ever brighter, 

  Undefeatable heart of a fighter, 

 One heart and soul forever, 

 Your voice sings within my heart. 

 Only the heart can see truly, 

 Your youth and beauty unchanged, 

 In spite of life’s confusion, 

 I lift the veil of illusion, 

 For you are the gift to my soul, 

 Forever in the hand of God. 

 Let His purpose be in our lives, 

 No matter how hard it seems, 

 Though I do not understand, 

 Our lives remain in His hand, 

 Our love unchanged burns true, 

 I will always rejoice in you. 

The Magic of Creation

The eyes behold the world,

And see a taste of reality,

Objects and trees,

Rivers of noise,

The normal and usual,

The product of choice.

The heart sees reality,

As a kingdom without end,

Fantasia with no borders,

Where imagination takes flight,

Just as the stars light the heavens,

Under the cover of night.

When the sun rises,

The heart may create,

For the things that love sees,

Take shape in our hands,

Becoming real in reality,

As part of God’s plan.

For all the things we create,

From the furnace of love,

Live on in forever,

A true delight in God’s sight,

For when His children create,

It brings Him delight.

When looking at what is,

See what it could be,

The eyes see the ordinary,

But the heart knows no limit,

For life is truly magical,

When you keep love in it.