Would’s thou find
happiness in life
Help other Souls
to win the strife
The kindness that
you will impart
In time returns
to your own heart.
All I need to be (a song)
Watch the flowers
that grow or the flakes of snow,
Birds on
feathered wing, hear the song thy sing,
The wild oceans
roar on the rocky shore,
Or the clouds
that fly in endless sky.
Chorus: now at last I see all I need to be,
Really need to be
is me.
Ever searching
for that sweet perfect life
While this world
of ours knows but toil and strife.
Always wanting
ore, much more then we need.
Driven by our
lusts, haunted by our greed.
Chorus:
Must I win the
price held by men so high,
Must I wreck my
brain just to qualify?
Must I be
whatever folks want me to be?
When deep down I
know I’m only me!
Chorus:
See the stars
that shine on a clear dark night,
Shells in yellow
sand by the ocean’s tide,
Broun leaves in
the stream gently drifting by,
While the tree
ferns whisper sweet lullaby’s.
Chorus;
Childhood dreams
have fled, I am growing old
Things I see each
day make the soul feel cold.
Ever pushing on,
never knowing where
When I reach the
end will I like it there?
Chorus:
Yes, at last I
see,
All I need to be
really need to be is me.
Alzheimer’s
A frail and
tiered face I see upon a pillow white.
An empty chair
beside your bed awaits me ev’ry night.
I talk to you the
same old way I used to talk before.
But I can tell
the words don’t swell you heart and soul no more.
A far-off look, a
silent gaze. A world I do not know,
A world I cannot
comprehend, a universe unknown.
Has claimed you,
maimed you, taken you.
So far, so very
far. Escorted you, transported you
Beyond the
farthest star, still I try to reach you
To share your
quiet peace, facing helpless as a child
Alzheimer’s
disease.