One Day, My Friend, We'll Soar
One day, my friend, we’ll soar,
Far, high above these streets of darkened hearts,
We’ll tilt our wings to freedom,
And scrape the highest of the skies.
One day, my friend, we’ll soar,
Up there, all wrapped in splendid sunlight,
Riding azure blue jet streams,
Breathless with that rush of life and air.
One day, my friend, we’ll soar,
So let me take your broken body upon my back,
And both of us shall climb in painless flight,
I’ll let you rest up there, but promise I’ll be back.Love. Live.Asap
Run my friend and don’t look
back
Don’t think the rest of life
is yours
Or that unfinished day
Will hold its course as planned
Take what you think is
needed now
Don’t hesitate, for loss is
never reinstated
Breathe deep and strong
Then run and love and live
And tell all of those who
need to know
How much their hearts are needed.
How much their hearts are needed.
Love and Hope
You asked me, my young one, as we sat by
the
sea, what life had brought to my heart.
sea, what life had brought to my heart.
“Was it joy, was it sadness,
Was it laughter and tears?
The kindness of lovers?
The friendship through years?
Or the dreams of a life
In a heaven above?”
“It was none of these things,
It was hope,
It was love.”
Brighter Days
The smell of the coffee lured her in and so she sat
blowing on the steam from her cup. The war had only been over a handful of
weeks but already she felt that things were better. Bravely, she took a sip and
looked out over the Boardwalk knowing that what lay ahead were brighter days.
He was going to hitch all the way no matter what his
mama said. This was the 1950s: things are
a whole lot different mama, we ain’t like you. He packed a small bag,
kissed her on both cheeks and headed out the door, by tomorrow he’d be in the same
town as Elvis. One bus journey was all that stood between him and brighter
days.
He hadn’t asked God for much out of life, well not since
the cancer hit his younger brother – and God had been listening that day. He hadn’t
really pushed God for anything in recent years, so that was why he was asking
him to let England beat Germany and win the 1966 World Cup. He just knew that
God had caught that one too; brighter days, indeed.
She’d been walking her kids to school when the plane hit
and as they crossed around into the avenue, they could see the flames shooting
from the building. She was scared and she wasn’t sure what to do except hold
their hands tighter. She tried to remain calm and think of brighter days, just
then one of the kids asked why the bird coming from the building was on fire.
He lost everything when the bank went under, everything,
the house, the car, his job and no matter how much pleading, his wife. He was
working in a car wash now and the depression had disappeared down the drain
with the soap suds and water. He had nothing left, let’s be honest, but he had
his health and he knew that brighter days lay just up ahead.
It was all we ever needed, the smile of brighter days.
We Need Your Heart To Sing It's Song
Don’t cry too long
My little one
My little one
The world is waiting on your smile
Don’t listen to the midnight whispers
It is their way
To make things dark
Don’t feel
That other hearts are hardened
Sometimes they need
To take a rest
Don’t wish that you were someone
Other
This life is only meant to test.
Don’t think
That you are somehow chosen
For all the trials in the world
Don’t cry too long
My little urchin
We need your heart to sing
Its song.
Today Is Going To Be A Great Day
“Today is going to be a great day,” said the little boy
Whose mother unexpectedly opened her eyes
Today is going to be a great day, smiled the old man
As the pain in his hands stopped for a time
Today is going to be a great day, laughed the young mum
As she picked up the money from the street
Today is going to be a great day, thought the doctor
As he put the diamond ring back in his pocket
Ready for the big question
Today is going to be a great day, chuckled the large man
At the bus-stop, with the sun on his face
Who was just happy to be alive,
Today is going to be a great day.
The Luckiest People Alive
When
he stood on the hill top and bathed in the sun’s rays, he wanted to
celebrate his being alive. So he tapped his toe to the sound of the wind
beating on the trees and he smiled.
Then
a tune swept inside his head, one from before he could remember - one
that his grandmother or great aunt had sung to him as a baby and he
tapped his foot.
But his other foot felt it wanted to join in too and so he hummed a tune out loud, one that had made him happy as a boy.
Now he was dancing a little jig at the top of that hill and laughing and laughing and laughing still.
Then
he saw his friend, his pal, someone he had known from the start of his
life, make his way to the top of the hill and his friend stood beside
him and faced the sun.
And
his pal started humming a tune that he knew as a boy and they both
danced a jig and both laughed and cried for all they had seen and all
they had heard in their lives.
When the townsfolk heard the commotion from the hilltop, they ran to see what all the noise was about.
Then they too started to dance and laugh and celebrate all that was good about life.
All of the townsfolk and all of their friends sang the same glorious song to the sky.
And each of them realised that with their friends by their sides, singing and dancing, they were the luckiest people alive.
Be Who You Are
Be who you are,
Be magnificent,
Be magnificent,
Be strong,
And except to those who cared too much,
The one who never quite belonged.
Be who you are,
Stand tall, unique
Be grand
The one who smiled at little jokes,
That no one else could understand.
Be who you are,
Let laughter roll the same as tears
Take pleasure in the here and now,
Not in the days or months or years.
Be who you are,
Be loved
And loving everything,
Don’t back away from chance nor dare,
You too will have your song to sing.
Be who you are,
Let happiness and joy
Break through,
The universe was wise enough
To only make the one of you.Be Different - A Story written for a charity.
Every one of us is made just that little bit different
to the next person. It’s what makes us all special. Sometimes we are happy with
our little special differences and sometimes it can make someone unhappy.
And so it was with Tommy. Since the day he was born he
had what the doctor called, a cleft lip. When he looked in the mirror Tommy
felt so very different from his friends. There were times in the village when
he saw people staring at his lip. His grandmother used to tell him that no one else
was that special and so they passed through unnoticed, but her little grandson,
Tommy would always be someone to notice.
But as time went on, Tommy became more and more aware of
his differences and he wanted it all to stop. So one day in August, he went to
his room and stayed there. His mother would have to bring his food to his room
and Tommy didn’t want to join the rest of his family. He was schooled in his
room and he no longer wanted to go to school.
At night when the moon was full, Tommy would sit at the
window and wish with all his heart that he were just like everyone else. And
then he would hum a little tune to himself.
Tommy grew big and tall but every night he would still
go to the window and sing songs loudly across the valley. It made Tommy feel
good and less different.
What Tommy didn’t know was that the villagers in the
valley below would listen to his signing and they all thought it was the most
beautiful music in the world. To the villagers it was the breath of an angel.
The mayor of the village sent out a group of men to find
the source of the singing that made everyone so happy, but they failed. They
came to Tommy’s house but his mother didn’t mention Tommy as she thought that
it could never be him and anyway he was always locked up in his room.
Then the day came when his grandmother died and the
whole family attended the funeral in the village. Tommy wore a large hat to
hide his face, the one that he considered so ugly.
Tommy was very sad as they lowered his grandmother into
the ground, so much so that he sang a song for her. He sand loud across the
land and all the villagers heard him and they knew this was the boy who gave
them so much pleasure.
Tommy continued to sing to stop himself feeling so sad,
and as he sung his hat fell from his head. When he stopped he saw that everyone
was looking at him. Tommy started to run for home until the mayor of the
village told Tommy to stop.
The mayor told Tommy that he sang like an angel and that
his singing made everyone happy. “It is the goodness of your heart and your
soul that makes you sing like an angel. That is your gift from god. That is
what makes you different,” the mayor said.
Tommy liked this difference and so he continued to sing
at night across the valley because he knew that it made the people in the
village below happy and that was his gift from god. He was different, we are
all different and those things should be celebrated.
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