TAKE A WALK WITH ME!


 Clouds' of a rainy day disappear, the sun shows'
 Its face,

 A dream have I to walk with you Into the sunset, 
 Beauty walks.

 The light from above shines on your face full of 
 Hopes and dreams,

 Imagine do I a soft quiet breeze blowing through your 
 Hair so fine.

 Smile darling, smile while we stroll along the shore, 
 Feet in the sand,

 Waves crashing on the beach, It's just you and me and 
 The world seen.

 Thoughts' of sharing time with someone special, a 
 Woman like you,

 Moments' getting to know the spirit, the Inner you, 
 The person in you.

 Take a walk with me, take a walk and see, who are we?


                  Keith Garrett

                                                                                       
                 BEFORE AND AFTER


 There was a time when I was not here,



 No thoughts, no name or Identity were mine.



 I had no pain or sorrow, not a thing for me 
 To know,


 Where was I before I became me, somewhere 
 Waiting.


 A time will come when I am no longer here, will 
 I have thoughts,


 A name remembered, my Identity will not be this 
 Body or mind.


 Again there will be no pain or sorrow, I will be
 Somewhere else,


 Before and after, heaven bound, where was I before 
 My first sound.

                 Keith Garrett

                   SADNESS IN THE SMOKE


 Flames In the darkness, flames of fright, run, 
 Run into the night,

 Men of fear, men who fight through the night, 
 A fire fight.

 Sadness and pain as the heat and smoke devour
 Natures beauty,

 Who's to blame for this destruction placed upon 
 All good men.

 They run, they hide but where to hide, animals,' 
 Creatures of all kind,

 Death comes to visit, to take away the Innocent 
 Without feeling or care.

 Fix your eyes to the tears' from those who see the 
 Land die and die,

 Look to the sky, watch as It rises, a picture of 
 Sadness in the smoke.

 The wind will blow but there will be no trees for 
 It to pass through,

 The grass you will not see, the animals' are gone.


 Some men do not stand anymore, they disappear with 
 This tragedy,

 That must be forever remembered, some day we will 
 Learn to love this land that was created.

        
 Sadness In the smoke above these hills' that burn 
 For the world to see,

 Eyes must be opened before It's to late, before this 
 Land goes away.

                        Keith Garrett     

                    RENDEZVOUS


 Love taken for granted, desire and temptation 
 So sinful,

 A smile, a glance from a stranger not yet known, 
 danger looms.

 One who has everything but yet nothing at all, cries
 Inside,

 Another who seeks' the attention, In return attention 
 Finds.

 Two smiles, two different hearts' wanting adventure 
 Without thought,

 A soul with nothing to lose but will lose, she who 
 Chances to throw it all away.

 Rendezvous, secretly meeting, passion destroys' many  
 Hearts In a circle,

 Pieces of a life scattered, only a misguided feeling    
 From being forever shattered.

 A body that sins' as another who loves lets out tears' 
 Of forgiveness,

 Does also sins with the life taken from a man with  
 Nothing To lose but everything.

 Rendezvous,

                                                                                                        Keith Garrett                                                       

                    RUNNING WITH THE WIND


 I thought there was loss, a feeling of death 
 Brought to me,

 Alive, alive, two separate paths' taken, gone and 
 We go on and on.

 A prisoner, never was I, free to run through the
 Fields of life,

 No chains' weighed down upon this mans' moving 
 Body and soul.

 The wind not seen has a strength and power fore 
 We know it is there,

 Seen am I as the dark clouds' of rain falling, I go 
 With the wind blowing.

 If no face had I, no body to see and judge, just a 
 voice of words,

 Would you think something of me, a material being 
 Valued more.

 Running with the wind gives me a friend which can 
 Not see to judge,

 For me, I do not possess an Image fore we are both  
 Blind, only running.

 Free to be, free to be me as live and breathe 
 This man does,

 Walk with another once again but for now I'm running 
 With the wind.

                 Keith Garrett

                    THIS NAMELESS FACE

                        OF BEAUTY


 She has a smile of soft Innocence, she reads, sits' 
 Does she,

 Hair so light that It hides In the shade, what do her 
 Eyes say?

 A voice I hear each morning as Its' sound Is of a 
 Beautiful song,

 This beauty goes by a name of mystery to a stranger, 
 A face she sees.

 Sometimes by herself, alone dreams' of wishes known 
 Only to her,

 Together with a friend, laughing about moments' In life, 
 Friends.

 This nameless face of beauty rests' In a chair but so 
 Much Living ahead,

 From the past there were faces, expressions' like the ones' 
 She possesses.

 I am a man of many thoughts', tell me your story and I 
 Will hear you.

                        Keith Garrett

                   QUIETLY LONELY


 Into the mist, through the trees, walking barefoot,


 Leaves beneath my cold feet, leaves of brown and green.


 The sun does not shine as the fog creeps across the
 Land,

 Making Its' way through these lonely woods deep In 
 Nowhere.

 What Is alive as the morning awakes to a quiet day, 
 This day,

 So old are these woods, what tales they may tell of 
 Yesterday.

 Ghosts of the past, people who once were, they who 
 Lived here,

 Quietly lonely as I think and dream just quietly lonely.


                            Keith Garrett 

            " I OFFER NO SURRENDER"


 You sit there princess on the shore, watching,


 Passing by under a full moon, am I to far to touch.


 The sea Is calm, quietly my boat sails' on by,


 Distant are you, away from me you stay, I wait.


 Circle your world as my search does not end,


 I offer no surrender, I fight through the dark of 
 Nights.

 Here you sit, an Image of Inner beauty so fine,


 My eyes can only see what a heart lets' It see, beauty.


                        Keith Garrett 

                  BACK TO MORRO BAY


 I've been here once, to this place on the shore,


 Where life Is pleasant and a whole lot more.


 Where dreams are thought of while you lie In the sand,


 A clear blue sky above you as you gaze at this land.


 Out on the water as the waves roll on by,


 The sun shines down on me and seems to say hi! 


 I walk along the street and see all the faces,


 Of those who have come from all sorts of places.


 Through the air the wind blows a musical sound,


 From a band that Is playing to those all around.


 A scent In the air of the foods' you might taste,


 Is something quite special, you won't want to waste.


 Now that I've been here another time around,


 Getting harder to leave this place I have found.


 I say thanks to this town of sand and play,


 Again, and again I'll return back to Morro Bay.

                   Keith Garrett

                    MORRO BAY


 We went away, far away,
 To a town of sand and water to play.


 At times' the winds' were cold and fast,
 The weather changed, this did not last.


 Life Is slow and peaceful too,
 The people all friendly, something new.


 We played In the sand with no worries of things,'
 A mother, a daughter, my two sons, and the joy 
 That they bring,

 As they sat In the water, the boats we watched rest,
 We all stood together to watch the sunset.


 Walking the streets of this place never been,
 Wanting to live here to call It my friend.


 As It rose In the morning, the suns' rays of light,
 All day It would let us enjoy such a sight.


 We get ourselves lost In a place such as this,
 Oh! nothing could be sweeter, the rest of the world 
 I would not miss,

 If you ever get a chance to go to this place,
 A fresh air you will smell, different foods' 
 You will taste,

 When It came time to leave, feelings' bittersweet,
 To this world of yours,' again we will meet.


 I wanna go back, go back one day,
 To this place of peace known, Morro Bay.


                               Keith Garrett