I’m Still Here

Life brought pain and trials.

I don’t care.

Life brought scars and battles.

I don’t care.

The reason for life is loving.

Having joy is a choice.

Though I may not have anything else,

I still have my heart and my voice.

Through the love and the fear,

Through the joy and the tears,

The truth of the heart overcomes,

And I am still here.

I may win or I may lose.

I don’t care.

To run the race is what I choose.

The road is there.

There is joy along the way.

In every heart I find.

With all the treasures they do hold,

Life is truly kind.

Through the love and the fear,

Through the joy and the tears,

The truth of the heart overcomes,

And I am still here.

They may say that I have gone.

I don’t care.

You will know that they are wrong.

So I don’t care.

The tether of love will always bind.

Through your heart you will find.

My song of love will never end,

And in your heart I am there.

Through the love and the fear,

Through the joy and the tears,

The truth of the heart overcomes,

And I am still here.

The Nightbirde

For the singer known as Nightbirde, who stole our hearts winning the golden buzzer on AGT.  She said do not wait for life to get easy in order to be happy.  That is something I believe in!

The night bird comes between 12 and 4,

In the darkest of night,

The night bird sings in silence,

She does not require the light.

She does not wait for joy to come,

To find her reason to sing,

She carries the joy within her heart,

And brings it to everything.

The night bird sings within the darkness,

Even though the world is asleep,

The sound brings dreams of life and love,

To those who slumber deep.

I wait in the night to hear her joy,

This is the gift God would bring,

She carries his love within her heart,

The reason why she sings.

No pain or hardship changes truth,

Beneath the skies above,

Through pain or joy or life or death,

There is truly only love.

When the Nightbirde sings for people,

Whose hearts are open wide,

They see beyond all fear or pain,

Receiving the joy she has inside. 

Life Within Life

 

This elephant was carved from a single piece of stone, with her baby inside, as a gift to me in India. 

Thoughts are mysterious,

Reality before birth,

Energy of emotions,

Feelings in colors,

A doorway into life.

 

A door swings both ways,

Ideas travel to the world,

Yet our hearts can travel through,

To places we have never been,

Experiencing things beyond our grasp.

 

Places which we have never been,

Music which we have never heard,

Become worlds we can explore,

New shores where we can stand,

Through the doorway of words.

 

We take hold of the familiar,

The branching of a tree,

The soaring of a bird,

To make analogies to share,

What no eyes have never seen.

 

Time becomes an illusion,

In the continuum of words,

The past and the future join,

For only the moment is real,

As souls meet across the ages.

 

Words become our gift,

Igniting fire in other hearts,

Removing boundaries of imagination,

Extending vision of the heart,

We create life within life.

 

The Heart

Feelings can not be written,

Yet they cover much more than words.

Moments frightening to enter,

Without knowing what to say.

Yet love and compassion transcend,

What the mind can not share in sound.

Love is the flow from God,

The seal of the unbreakable bond.

They stand together in love,

Facing the pain like fire.

They stand against the darkness of fear,

For hearts shine the light of truth.

There is the love of life,

There are joyous smiles.

Nothing has changed in reality, 

Each day is a gift from God.

When our souls sail dark waters,

Such hearts are beacons of light.

Guiding us through the shoals,

To shore on the darkest of nights.

My heart has witnessed trials,

Across the darkest seas.

Such souls being me through the storms,

To meet the morning’s gentle breeze.

The Boy Who Could Play

Forgotten and forlorn,

Music sitting in silence,

Restored and revived,

Ready to play again.

The call went out,

To find a new heart,

To play the ivory keys,

And receive a new start.

When there is love in a family,

There is music in hearts,

Their son heard the song,

And his soul did fly.

So they searched for a piano,

Which to their hearts was dear,

Answering the parents prayers,

So their son’s music they would hear.

The boy studied and learned,

Until the classics could be,

Flowing through his hands,

With great beauty.

That was a few years ago,

And they wrote us to say,

How thankful they are,

And how wonderfully he plays. 

A Woman’s Heart

 I see the power of the waves,

Rearranging the shore,

Ocean tides on the rise,

By the power of the moon,

I have seen the storm surge,

Split the Banks in two,

But that does not compare,

To the power of a woman’s heart.

I have heard the storm winds,

Rumbling the walls,

Trees falling over,

At the hands of the wind,

I have seen the lightening,

Scorching silent behind the clouds,

Yet nothing can compare,

To the power of a woman’s heart.

The winds and the rains,

Wear away at the mountains,

Gently changing the ground,

From rocks into soil,

So the patient plant seeds,

Can slowly rise under the sun,

Yet nothing can compare,

To the patience of a woman’s heart.

Strength and patience,

Are manifestations of love,

Yet for her heart to feel love,

Exposes it to pain,

Yet if any man knows,

The love I have come to know,

To know the heart of a woman,

Is nothing but gain.

Drawn by the Waters

 

Ocean spirits,

As varied as light,

Through the sunlit days,

Or the moonlight,

Shining like diamonds,

Glittering on the waves,

Each with a story,

With something to say,

For life is a song,

Which never does end,

With each of our voices,

Shining through choices,

Drawn to the waters,

Which know no limits,

Unending horizons,

Never ending heartbeats,

With no beginning and no end,

Joined in life through love,

For there is no goodbye,

Hearts never part,

And the waves carry music,

Of each of their spirits,

Of each of their lives,

Singing with mine,

In the song of life.