it is a date in time
not significant to many
but it is a date
that is significant to me
i started on this life's journey
with hopes for immortality
exploring all things to be explored
and walking the path i think God paved
hoping that there would be no distractions
from the straight and narrow way
i haven't strayed too much
though i've tripped a few times
but my Creator kept picking me up
and encouraging me with a smile
i don't know everything
but i thought through rhyme
i'd evoke unacknowledged lessons
learned in this couple decades' time
if someone isn't there all the time
that doesn't mean they don't love you
there is so much liberation
in this thing we call "truth"
time is the best and worst thing
it heals and hurts at the same time
and every verse i write
doesn't always have to rhyme
there is a God
and he loves me no matter what i do
he wipes away my tears
turns my gray skies to blue
those times when i swear i need a man
he comforts me in ways no one else can
i'll live as if i'll live forever
and plan as if i'll die tomorrow
there is too much joy to be found in life
to be consumed with sorrow
when i'm at the bottom of the valley
i know there's no where to go but up
there will be trials in life
so i'd better get used to this bitter cup
if i write something from my soul
but am concerned about what people think when they read
and alter my feelings for someone else
that's not really poetry
if what i express doesn't sound grown up
or as mature as i'd like
i'll accept the fact that i'm not fully grown
there are times where i'm still a child
i'll always be me
and the me will always change
if i didn't live
i would stay the same
that's not all i learned
but it's all i can say
so now i'll wish myself and thandiwe
HAPPY BIRFDAAAYYY!!!!
mlr
(c)2001
not significant to many
but it is a date
that is significant to me
i started on this life's journey
with hopes for immortality
exploring all things to be explored
and walking the path i think God paved
hoping that there would be no distractions
from the straight and narrow way
i haven't strayed too much
though i've tripped a few times
but my Creator kept picking me up
and encouraging me with a smile
i don't know everything
but i thought through rhyme
i'd evoke unacknowledged lessons
learned in this couple decades' time
if someone isn't there all the time
that doesn't mean they don't love you
there is so much liberation
in this thing we call "truth"
time is the best and worst thing
it heals and hurts at the same time
and every verse i write
doesn't always have to rhyme
there is a God
and he loves me no matter what i do
he wipes away my tears
turns my gray skies to blue
those times when i swear i need a man
he comforts me in ways no one else can
i'll live as if i'll live forever
and plan as if i'll die tomorrow
there is too much joy to be found in life
to be consumed with sorrow
when i'm at the bottom of the valley
i know there's no where to go but up
there will be trials in life
so i'd better get used to this bitter cup
if i write something from my soul
but am concerned about what people think when they read
and alter my feelings for someone else
that's not really poetry
if what i express doesn't sound grown up
or as mature as i'd like
i'll accept the fact that i'm not fully grown
there are times where i'm still a child
i'll always be me
and the me will always change
if i didn't live
i would stay the same
that's not all i learned
but it's all i can say
so now i'll wish myself and thandiwe
HAPPY BIRFDAAAYYY!!!!
mlr
(c)2001