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Rainy afternoon        1975

Lazy, rainy afternoon,

Evening you can’t come to soon.

Not a breeze in the trees

Every thing so dead and still,

To stay awake takes all my will.

For everything is sleeping.

Amber tree red and gold

Even you don’t look so bold.

Not one bird can be heard,

Vails of fog are dancing

No smiles and no romancing,

The children too are sleeping.

Shades of grey spread evenly

Across a bleak and lonely sky,

Not a single creature will

Show its well-known feature.

This day seems never ending

Let’s put away this mending

And do a little sleeping.

Little things  ( a song for children)

Little things are beautiful, so small we hardly see,

The tiny flowers, the busy ants, the baby bumble-bee.

Little things are beautiful, please help my Eyes to see,

The tiny shells in yellow sand, down by the mighty sea.

Little things are beautiful, it’s true, just look at me.

I care for things my Father made, and he takes care of me.

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             Stumbling blocks and Stepping stones   

           

How do we discern, how can we know?

As we journey through-out life,

Can stumbling blocks become stepping

Stones as we conquer daily strife?

Find the names of your own stumbling blocks

Discover whatever they may be.

Fears, random phobias, jealousy

Blocks set out before you and me?

What then are stepping stones?

Stepping stones are stumbling blocks

That we by our own persistence,

Via tears, prayers, pleadings

Have brought down to a level

Where we can and may use them

As Stepping stones, overcoming,

Learning to jump high enough

To clear that stumbling block

Without falling flat on our face.

Some People, Greed, Traditions

Envy, Pride, Bad language, All ill

Trades are stumbling blocks,

Which we must overcome,

We have turned to Stepping stones,

 Whilst traveling back home.

Stranger         Ron our Border

I have walked with a stranger, we talked for a while.

And I said to him stranger why so faint is your smile?

Has the world and her trials made your heart sad?

Have family and friends all treated you bad?

Are you looking for someone, someone who would care?

Are you looking for something but don’t know where?

I have talked with this stranger, as he came round my way

Have bade him “Hallo” come inside Friend to stay,

Rest a while by the fireside, feel the warms, feel its glow,

Let me share the wisdom of a good friend I know,

He can help you. Can teach you, gladly show you the way.

Precious the hours your allotted to stay.

Many days have past, he, a stranger no more,

Precious truth he had found, noble thoughts implored.

With hope in his eyes, on his face a new smile.

I am grateful dear stranger you stayed for a while.

Now the stranger a friend, my brother has gone.

I thank God for a soul that has found his way home.

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                                              My heart

What is this thing called love?

My heart with thee I pleat.

Two souls with but one thought,

Two hearts with but one beat.

Oh, say were does love come from?

She comes, and she is here.

Then tell why does she vanish?

Don’t cry, it wasn’t her.

What do you know of pure love?

When she’s relenting her own will.

And when is love the deepest?

When she is very still.

How then is love a treasure?

When glad she freely gives.

Not sold for Gold or measure,

True love for ever lives.

Once in a while

Once in a while we all need a friend

Once in a while the touch of a hand.

Once in a while a loving smile

Everyone needs these things once in a while

Once in a while a wish or two

Once in a while that wish to come true

Once in a while we need someone to share

Everyone needs someone’s loving Care.

Once in a while a warm embrace

Once in a while a familiar face

Once in a while a shoulder to cry on

Everyone needs someone’s strength to relay on

Once in a while the wind in your hair

Once in a while a day without care

Once in a while on the top of a hill

Everyone sometimes needs to be very still

Once in a while hear the voice that’s within

Once in a while we all need to begin

To know the best gift is a friend’s warm smile

Everyone needs a friend once in a while

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My Friend

When I’m unhappy, feeling blue

This world comes tumbling down

You’re the one I’m counting on

Because, you’re always around.

You understand me, overlook

Things I don’t mean to say,

There when ever things go wrong

We’re traveling the same way,

We face the world together

See each other though

Regardless of the weather

Just little me and you

I’m so happy that you are my friend.

All the way right to the bitter end

Some folks say life is a lonely ride

Not for us, we travel side by side.

Doesn’t matter what gets in our way

We see each other through from day to day

All the way right to the bitter end

 Just you and me my dearest friend.

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Sweet sanctuary

written by daughter Leah Cunha

I always seem to end up here in this sweet sanctuary,

I always seem to end up here, alone, with only me.

In this small place, so peaceful, a world that’s truly mine,

This place, this space so silent, where time’s hard to define.

Where I can think and ponder, or say a little prayer

Where I can cry in anguish, wishing you were there.

Where I can laugh at memories, or have my soul’s complaint,

Where I can lie in solitude, when I am feeling faint.

Where harmony is found, and lines are soft

Upon my wondering mind,

Where dreams take place, and hopes are made

When you I cannot find

Where seasons I see while years pass by

And new sweet songs appear

Whenever tragedies fall

Or joys are found, Yes!! I always end up here.

And where’s this place? You ask me now

Where all my secrets bloom, I tell you softly—

This small place is the sanctuary of my room.

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                         Gentle Jesus                               

set to music                                                  

Gentle Jesus my friend I heard someone say

Gentle Jesus she saw thee cry

For the sins of the world do grieve thee so

Gentle Jesus I understand why

The blood you shed, sinful souls to safe

From a cross fell like heavens rain

But the Children you love do not hear thy voice

Gentle Jesus and cause thee pain.

Gentle Jesus my friend I was reading to day

Asking: Jesus how can a God cry?

For the sins of the world do grieve thee so

Gentle Jesus I understand why

 For this earth you created, thy children to please

The heavens, sea, land and plain

But the children you love, do not heed thy commands

Gentle Jesus and cause thee pain.

Gentle Jesus my friend soon the time is at hand

You will come to the earth once again.

The earth shall be freed from all sorrow, all sin

Thei might in righteousness reign.

Mother earth shall no longer endure hate and pride

All men worship thee Jesus our king

 Sanctified this our world for a thousand blessed years

A new anthem each happy heart sing.